Synonyms of attackers

attackers

noun

plural of attacker

as in assailants

one who violently sets upon another

was able to pick her attacker out of the police lineup

Synonyms & Similar Words

• assailants
• assaulters
• robbers
• bushwhackers
• predators
• invaders
• besiegers
• rapists
• raiders
• aggressors
• muggers
• rapers
• molesters
• ravagers
• counterattackers

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of attackers

Zimperium says attackers primarily spread it through SMS phishing, malicious advertising and deceptive third-party download sites. — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 2 Oct. 2026

The attackers were then able to obtain privileged internal access and bypass the normal customer-facing withdrawal process without stealing private keys, Mandiant reported. — Matthew Tan, CNBC, 2 Oct. 2026

Human attackers seek to exploit these chains, but doing so requires time, experience and effort. — Taylor Morgan, Forbes.com, 2 Oct. 2026

Fortune has reported that the attackers were OpenAI models that had escaped a test environment to cheat on an internal evaluation. — Catherina Gioino, Fortune, 2 Oct. 2026

The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2026-73570, lets attackers remotely issue operating system commands without authentication. — Dan Goodin, ArsTechnica, 30 Sep. 2026

Nigeria’s foreign ministry said one was allegedly killed by police officers and the other by unidentified attackers. — ABC News, 29 Sep. 2026

The attackers fired at patrons outside the bar before moving inside and continuing to shoot. — Gerald Imray, Los Angeles Times, 27 Sep. 2026