Assailant

What do we mean by assailant?

A person who attacks another. noun

Assaulting; attacking; invading with violence. Milton.

In heraldry, same as salient.

One who assails, attacks, or assaults. noun

Assailing; attacking. adjective

One who, or that which, assails, attacks, or assaults; an assailer. noun

Someone who attacks or assails another violently, or criminally; an attacker. noun

A hostile critic or opponent. noun

Someone who attacks noun

Someone who attacks or assails another violently, or criminally.

(by extension) A hostile critic or opponent.

A person who attacks someone on a road or a masked attacker. Urban Dictionary

To attack with or as if with violent blows; assault. Urban Dictionary

Attaking someone or something violently or verbally Urban Dictionary

The act of an assailant, or assassin. To Kill, Murder. Urban Dictionary

A person in a position of authority who gains traction through self-aggrandizement and power-grabbing who concurrently attempts to rip apart the progress achieved in the fabric of that culture. Urban Dictionary

When a wife murders her husband. Urban Dictionary

Words that are spelled similarly to assailant:
assailant, assailment, assailing, assailants.

Words that are triggered by (strongly associated with) the word assailant:
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Words that rhyme with assailant:
inhalant, divalent, monovalent, tetravalent, quail hunt, whale hunt.

Adjectives that are often used to describe assailant:
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Nouns that are often described by the adjective assailant:
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Words that sound like assailant:
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