Examples of aggressor in a Sentence
Each country accused the other of being the aggressor.
a group of smaller states had formed an alliance to deter potential aggressors
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In a social media post on April 14, Zelenskyy said that Russia, as the aggressor in the war, should be forced into peace talks.
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Francesca Chambers, USA Today, 16 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, Twin Cities, 5 Apr. 2025
The human aggressors in Princess Mononoke are greedy and misguided, but are also capable of great empathy.
—Dani Di Placido, Forbes.com, 31 Mar. 2025
Back then, the fiction that Russia wasn’t an aggressor or party to the conflict, along with insufficient pressure on Moscow in the form of sanctions or the provision of lethal military supplies to Ukraine, ultimately meant Minsk never addressed the root cause of the conflict.
—Clare Sebastian, CNN, 14 Mar. 2025
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Francesca Chambers, USA Today, 16 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, Twin Cities, 5 Apr. 2025
The human aggressors in Princess Mononoke are greedy and misguided, but are also capable of great empathy.
—Dani Di Placido, Forbes.com, 31 Mar. 2025
Back then, the fiction that Russia wasn’t an aggressor or party to the conflict, along with insufficient pressure on Moscow in the form of sanctions or the provision of lethal military supplies to Ukraine, ultimately meant Minsk never addressed the root cause of the conflict.
—Clare Sebastian, CNN, 14 Mar. 2025
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“Aggressor.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/aggressor. Accessed 24 Apr. 2025.
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aggressor
noun
ag·gres·sor
ə-ˈgres-ər 
: a person or country that attacks without reasonable cause
Medical Definition
aggressor
noun
ag·gres·sor
ə-ˈgres-ər
: one who exhibits aggression
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