Examples of aggressor in a Sentence
Each country accused the other of being the aggressor.
a group of smaller states had formed an alliance to deter potential aggressors
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Some pop-culture analysts took this to mean that Jabbari was the aggressor.
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Doreen St. Félix, New Yorker, 5 Apr. 2025
One need only note the widening acceptance of the absurd lie that Ukraine is at fault for the unprovoked Russian invasion of its land or that NATO has been the historical aggressor.
—Michael Miklaucic, Chicago Tribune, 31 Mar. 2025
The caller said a white man was the aggressor and was still inside the store, according to the report.
—Phil Helsel, NBC news, 27 Mar. 2025
Their discomfort, their fear, their embarrassment—none of these things seem to matter to aggressors consumed by their own emotions.
—Judy Berman, TIME, 24 Mar. 2025
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Doreen St. Félix, New Yorker, 5 Apr. 2025
One need only note the widening acceptance of the absurd lie that Ukraine is at fault for the unprovoked Russian invasion of its land or that NATO has been the historical aggressor.
—Michael Miklaucic, Chicago Tribune, 31 Mar. 2025
The caller said a white man was the aggressor and was still inside the store, according to the report.
—Phil Helsel, NBC news, 27 Mar. 2025
Their discomfort, their fear, their embarrassment—none of these things seem to matter to aggressors consumed by their own emotions.
—Judy Berman, TIME, 24 Mar. 2025
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“Aggressor.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/aggressor. Accessed 12 Apr. 2025.
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aggressor
noun
ag·gres·sor
ə-ˈgres-ər 
: a person or country that attacks without reasonable cause
Medical Definition
aggressor
noun
ag·gres·sor
ə-ˈgres-ər
: one who exhibits aggression
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