besieger

noun

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  1. aggressor
  2. raider
  3. predator
Noun
  • Some pop-culture analysts took this to mean that Jabbari was the aggressor.
    — 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
Definition of aggressor
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  • UConn’s Jim Mora was a women’s basketball fan, and candy raider at UCLA UConn football coach Jim Mora is a former colleague, and still an fan of UCLA women’s basketball coach Cori Close, the Huskies’ Final Four foe.
    — Dom Amore, Hartford Courant, 3 Apr. 2025
  • Later, Joel lies to Ellie, who was unconscious during his rescue mission, by saying raiders attacked the hospital.
    — Randall Colburn, EW.com, 29 Mar. 2025
Definition of raider
Noun
  • Attracting Beneficial Insects Nature supplies its own form of pest control through predators and parasitoids.
    — Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 5 Apr. 2025
  • These ants, known for their ability to detonate their own bodies, release a toxic secretion to neutralize the threat of invading predators.
    — Scott Travers, Forbes.com, 5 Apr. 2025
Definition of predator
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