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assailants
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an individual who initiates an attack on someone else, employing various means such as physical violence, verbal aggression, or other forms of assault
- Police are searching for the masked assailant who stabbed the victim during a robbery.
- Verbal assaults and threats of violence were coming from the same internet assailant using multiple fake accounts.
- Prosecutors argued the assailant deserved a lengthy prison sentence given the vicious nature of the assault.