What is another word for aggressors?

Pronunciation: [ɐɡɹˈɛsəz] (IPA)

Aggressors are individuals or groups who initiate or provoke a conflict or hostile action. Some synonyms for the word "aggressors" are assailants, aggressors, attackers, invaders, assailers, and antagonists. Other alternatives include raiders, belligerents, combatants, marauders, warriors, and opponents. In a legal context, the term "perpetrators" may also be used to describe aggressors who have committed a crime. Regardless of the synonym used, the word implies a degree of hostility and violence, usually in the context of one party initiating an attack against another. These synonyms are useful in highlighting the nature and intent of aggressors in various contexts.

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Usage examples for Aggressors

Wanda had at once turned to the aggressors and was addressing them imperiously, passionately.
"Under a Charm, Vol. III. (of III) A Novel"
E. Werner
When the first indications of these troubles appear, the attendant should watch the birds closely for a few moments, when the aggressors can soon be detected.
"Natural and Artificial Duck Culture"
James Rankin
When the marked bounds of that jurisdiction were passed he was one of the first to meet the aggressors and point his countrymen to the innovations.
"Sages and Heroes of the American Revolution"
L. Carroll Judson

Famous quotes with Aggressors

  • In defense of our persons and properties under actual violation, we took up arms. When that violence shall be removed, when hostilities shall cease on the part of the aggressors, hostilities shall cease on our part also.
    Thomas Jefferson
  • To defeat the aggressors is not enough to make peace durable. The main thing is to discard the ideology that generates war.
    Ludwig von Mises
  • We must never forget, that under modern conditions of life, science, and technology. All war has been greatly brutalized, and that no one who joins in it, even in self-defense, can escape becoming also in a measure brutalized. Modern war cannot be limited in its destructive method and the inevitable debasement of all participants… A fair scrutiny of the last two World Wars makes clear the steady intensification of the weapons and methods employed by both, the aggressors and the victors. In order to defeat the Japanese aggression, we were forced, as Admiral Nimitz has stated, to employ a technique of unrestricted warfare, not unlike that which 25 years ago was the proximate cause of our entry into World War I. In the use of strategic air power the Allies took the lives of hundreds of thousands of civilians in Germany and Japan…. We as well as our enemies have contributed to the proof that the central moral problem is war and not its methods, and that a continuance of war will in all probability end with the destruction of our civilization.
    Henry Stimson
  • Whenever an injustice is done, any non-action and neutrality is not appropriate - it's an indirect bullying, I.e. joining the hands of your aggressors, and being an accomplice. Such passive bullies are far worst than those active ones who take an enjoyment in kicking you when you're down. Whether neutral or active, bullies are mean deceitful heartless cowards, who always work in groups to pick on nice and innocent people like you. If you confront these bullies individually, they will shiver and shrink. Be brave, and don't ever give in to bullying.
    Deodatta V. Shenai-Khatkhate
  • In the end the aggressors always destroy themselves, making way for others who know how to cooperate and get along. Life is much less a competitive struggle for survival than a triumph of cooperation and creativity.
    Fritjof Capra

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