assaulters
Those who strike
Assaulters are people who commit assaults—physical attacks or, in legal contexts, threats of violence.
The term appears most often in military and law enforcement contexts, where assaulters are team members who breach and clear buildings: The assaulters entered through the second-floor window.
Outside tactical operations, attacker is more common.
Special operations soldier
- operativeCovert field agent
- soldierArmed forces member
- trooperMounted soldier or patroller
- raiderOne who attacks suddenly
infantryman · combatant · striker · shock trooper · breacher · pointman · tactician · paramilitary
One who robs violently
- raiderOne who attacks suddenly
- intruderUnauthorized person present
- aggressorOne who initiates conflict
- assailantOne who attacks another
invader · ambusher · striker · charger · rusher · stormer · combatant · perpetrator
Serious crime perpetrator
- convictJailed offender after trial
- perpetratorOne who commits wrongdoing
- offenderOne who breaks rules
- delinquentFailing in duty
thug · gangster · mobster · hoodlum · culprit · defendant · accused · suspect
Hostile and eager to clash
- hostileAggressively unfriendly
- combativeInclined toward conflict
- pugnaciousInclined to quarrel
- antagonisticActively opposed or hostile
confrontational · provocative · truculent · bellicose · fierce · violent · brutal · vicious
commando
Special operations soldier
raider · infantryman · combatant · striker · shock trooper · breacher · pointman · tactician · paramilitary · mercenary
mugger
One who robs violently
- raiderOne who attacks suddenly
- intruderUnauthorized person present
- aggressorOne who initiates conflict
assailant · invader · ambusher · striker · charger · rusher · stormer · combatant · perpetrator · offender
felon
Serious crime perpetrator
- convictJailed offender after trial
- perpetratorOne who commits wrongdoing
- offenderOne who breaks rules
delinquent · thug · gangster · mobster · hoodlum · culprit · defendant · accused · suspect · recidivist
belligerent
Hostile and eager to clash
- hostileAggressively unfriendly
- combativeInclined toward conflict
- pugnaciousInclined to quarrel
antagonistic · confrontational · provocative · truculent · bellicose · fierce · violent · brutal · vicious · ruthless
brutality
Savage, merciless behavior
- savageryExtreme, violent cruelty
- ferocityExtreme violent intensity
- viciousnessExtreme cruelty or spite
cruelty · bloodshed · battering · pummeling · mauling · abuse · harm · injury · trauma · aggression
- Elite Unitsspecial forces, commandos, Navy SEALs, Delta Force, Green Berets
- prisonersprisoners, inmates, convicts, felons, jailbirds
assaultersdefenders
Those who shield others
protectors · guardians · guards · sentries · garrison
assaultersprotectors
Those who guard others
rescuers · saviors · guardians · shielders · bodyguards
assaultersvictims
Those who suffer harm
targets · survivors · innocents · casualties · bystanders