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Princeton's WordNet

  1. attacker, aggressor, assailant, assaulternoun

    someone who attacks

Wiktionary

  1. attackernoun

    Someone who attacks

  2. attackernoun

    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.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Attackernoun

    The person that attacks.

    Etymology: from attack.

Wikipedia

  1. Attacker

    In some team sports, an attacker is a specific type of player, usually involved in aggressive play. Heavy attackers are, usually, placed up front: their goal is to score the most possible points for the team. In association football, attackers are also referred to as forwards or strikers.

ChatGPT

  1. attacker

    An attacker, in the context of cybersecurity, is an individual, group, or entity that attempts unauthorized access, use, disclosure, disruption, modification, or destruction of information. Alternatively, in a broader context, an attacker can also signify a person or group that initially starts hostilities, threats, or aggression towards others to inflict harm, damage or invade.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Attackernoun

    one who attacks

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of ATTACKER in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of ATTACKER in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

Examples of ATTACKER in a Sentence

  1. Joshua James:

    As soon as you double click on it, it starts running in the background of your computer where you can't see... it's also trying to open up your computer -- what we call a back door -- to give access to the infected system by the attacker.

  2. Gary Sigrist:

    If you're in a high school cafeteria and someone starts shooting, you don't have the ability to hide or lock out at that point, so you teach people, here's what you can do in an event. That includes, if you choose, going after the attacker.

  3. San Clemente:

    As the defender tends to know the terrain and friendly disposition better than the attacker – the defender has the advantage, this same rule applies for attack helicopters, but the weather can be worse.To some degree, it depends on crew proficiency and terrain awareness systems on the aircraft.

  4. Sebastian Kurz:

    We can now confirm that there was financial support and so a link between the New Zealand attacker and the Identitarian Movement in Austria.

  5. Tom Gibson:

    Dutch authorities should swiftly and thoroughly investigate the shooting of crime reporter Peter R. de Vries, determine if he was targeted for his work, and ensure that the attacker and the masterminds of the attack face justice, journalists in the EU must be able to investigate crime and corruption without fearing for their safety.

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