Attacker

Definitions

1. Someone who attacks.
2. One of the players on a team in football (soccer) in the row nearest to the opposing team's goal, who are therefore principally responsible for scoring goals.

Equivalents

Examples

“[…] expecting the woman to take⟳ her attacker into physical custody is tantamount to preventing the arrest. If she could handle⟳ him, she probably would not need⟳ to call⟳ the police in the first place⟳.”

“In this manner, the victim may be able to discover⟳ the one or many zombied systems that are causing the DoS attack but probably won't be able to track down the actual attacker.”

“The targets suggest⟳ the attackers are sympathetic to the vast censorship apparatus known as the Great Firewall of China.”

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