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Someone who attacks or assails another violently, or criminally. / (figuratively, by extension) A hostile critic or opponent.

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assailant

Source Word

assailant

IPA(Pronunciation)

broadly figuratively

Someone who attacks or assails another violently, or criminally. / (figuratively, by extension) A hostile critic or opponent.

Japanese Meaning

襲撃者、攻撃者（暴力的または犯罪的に他者を襲う者） / 敵対者、反対者（比喩的に用いられる）

Witnesses helped the police identify the assailant who fled the scene after the robbery.

目撃者は強盗の後、現場から逃走した襲撃者を警察が特定するのに協力した。

Sense（1）

Someone who attacks or assails another violently, or criminally.

I’ll put myself in poor and mean attire,

And with a kind of umber smirch my face;

The like do you; so shall we pass along,

And never stir assailants.

Sense（2）

(figuratively, by extension) A hostile critic or opponent.

assailants

（ plural ）