What does attacker mean?
Attacker means Someone who attacks..
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/əˈtækɚ/ · noun
Someone who attacks..
[…] expecting the woman to take her attacker into physical custody is tantamount to preventing the arrest. If she could handle him, she probably would not need to call the police in the first place.
In this manner, the victim may be able to discover the one or many zombied systems that are causing the DoS attack but probably won't be able to track down the actual attacker.
The targets suggest the attackers are sympathetic to the vast censorship apparatus known as the Great Firewall of China.
Use attacker when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Attacker means Someone who attacks..
Common synonyms include forward, striker, front man, assailant.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
[…] expecting the woman to take her attacker into physical custody is tantamount to preventing the arrest. If she could handle him, she probably would not need to call the police in the first place.
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