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# attacker

noun (an attacker, attackers)

«attacker» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. A person or animal that attacks someone. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/attacker/#m1)
2. (sport) A player whose job is to score goals or points. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/attacker/#m2)

### In the lessons

In news and safety: the attacker ran off; tell police what the attacker looked like. In sport: forwards are attackers. Phrases: the attacker fled, fight off an attacker, star attacker.

### Examples

- The police are looking for the attacker. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/attacker/#x1)
- She managed to escape from her attacker. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/attacker/#x2)
- Our team's best attacker scored twice. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/attacker/#x3)
- The shark is not usually an attacker of people. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/attacker/#x4)
- Defenders try to stop the attackers. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/attacker/#x5)
- Shout and run to safety if someone attacks you. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/attacker/#x6)

### Note

Opposite in sport: defender. From the verb attack (attack, attacks, attacked). Spelling: double t, -ck-.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «attacker» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/attacker/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«attacker» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/attacker.html) on Mova free.