"aggressor" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: aggressors [plural]
Etymology: From Latin aggressor (“attacker, assailant, aggressor”). Etymology templates: {{der|en|la|aggressor||attacker, assailant, aggressor}} Latin aggressor (“attacker, assailant, aggressor”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} aggressor (plural aggressors)
  1. The person or country that first attacks or makes an aggression; that begins hostility or a quarrel; an assailant. Synonyms: aggressour [obsolete] Derived forms: bioaggressor, cyberaggressor, microaggressor, nonaggressor, passive-aggressor Translations (the person or country that first attacks or makes an aggression): agresor [masculine] (Albanian), مُعْتَدٍ (muʕtadin) [masculine] (Arabic), بَاغٍ (bāḡin) [masculine] (Arabic), مُعْتِد (muʕtid) [masculine] (Arabic), ագրեսոր (agresor) (Armenian), təcavüzkar (Azerbaijani), агрэ́сар (ahrésar) [masculine] (Belarusian), агрэ́сарка (ahrésarka) [feminine] (Belarusian), агре́сор (agrésor) [masculine] (Bulgarian), агре́сорка (agrésorka) [masculine] (Bulgarian), напада́тел (napadátel) [masculine] (Bulgarian), напада́телка (napadátelka) [feminine] (Bulgarian), 侵略者 (qīnlüèzhě) (Chinese Mandarin), agressor (Crimean Tatar), agresor [masculine] (Czech), agresorka [feminine] (Czech), útočník [masculine] (Czech), útočnice [feminine] (Czech), aggressor [common-gender] (Danish), angriber [common-gender] (Danish), agressor [masculine] (Dutch), aanvaller [masculine] (Dutch), aggressor (Estonian), hyökkääjä (Finnish), agresseur [masculine] (French), agresseuse [feminine] (French), აგრესორი (agresori) (Georgian), Aggressor [masculine] (German), Aggressorin [feminine] (German), Angreifer [masculine] (German), Angreiferin [feminine] (German), επιτιθέμενος (epitithémenos) [masculine] (Greek), תּוֹקְפָן (tokpán) [masculine] (Hebrew), פּוֹלֵשׁ (polésh) [masculine] (Hebrew), támadó (Hungarian), agresszor (Hungarian), árásarmaður [masculine] (Icelandic), agresor (Indonesian), ionsaitheoir [masculine] (Irish), aggressore [masculine] (Italian), aggreditrice [feminine] (Italian), 侵略者 (shinryakusha) (alt: しんりゃくしゃ) (Japanese), басқыншы (basqynşy) (Kazakh), агрессор (agressor) (Kazakh), អ្នកឈ្លានពាន (nĕək chliən piən) (Khmer), 침략자 (chimnyakja) (alt: 侵略者) (Korean), агрессор (agressor) (Kyrgyz), ຜູ້ຮຸກຮານ (phū huk hān) (Lao), aggressor [masculine] (Latin), agresors [masculine] (Latvian), agresorius [masculine] (Lithuanian), агре́сор (agrésor) [masculine] (Macedonian), агре́сорка (agrésorka) [feminine] (Macedonian), pengagresif (Malay), түрэмгийлэгч (türemgiilegč) [Cyrillic] (Mongolian), angriper [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), aggressor [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), متجاوز (motajâvez) (Persian), مهاجم (mohâjem) (Persian), agresor [masculine] (Polish), agresorka [feminine] (Polish), agressor [masculine] (Portuguese), agressora [feminine] (Portuguese), agresor [masculine] (Romanian), agresoare [feminine] (Romanian), агре́ссор (agréssor) [masculine] (Russian), а̀гресор [Cyrillic, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), а̀гресорица [Cyrillic, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), àgresor [Roman, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), àgresorica [Roman, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), agresor [masculine] (Slovak), agresorka [feminine] (Slovak), útočník [masculine] (Slovak), napadalec [masculine] (Slovene), napadalka [feminine] (Slovene), agresor [masculine] (Spanish), agresora [feminine] (Spanish), angripare [common-gender] (Swedish), aggressor [common-gender] (Swedish), таҷовузкор (tajovuzkor) (Tajik), таҷовузгар (tajovuzgar) (Tajik), агрессор (agressor) (Tajik), мутаҷовиз (mutajoviz) (Tajik), агрессор (ağressor) (Tatar), ผู้รุกราน (pûu-rúk-raan) (Thai), saldırgan (Turkish), mütecaviz (Turkish), агре́сор (ahrésor) [masculine] (Ukrainian), агре́сорка (ahrésorka) [feminine] (Ukrainian), تاجاۋۇزچى (tajawuzchi) (Uyghur), agressor (Uzbek), tajovuzkor (Uzbek), bosqinchi (Uzbek), kẻ xâm lược (Vietnamese), אַגרעסער (agreser) [masculine] (Yiddish)
    Sense id: en-aggressor-en-noun-fWQM5hBO Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Mandarin terms with redundant transliterations

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          "sense": "the person or country that first attacks or makes an aggression",
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          "sense": "the person or country that first attacks or makes an aggression",
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          "sense": "the person or country that first attacks or makes an aggression",
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          "sense": "the person or country that first attacks or makes an aggression",
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          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "the person or country that first attacks or makes an aggression",
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          "sense": "the person or country that first attacks or makes an aggression",
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          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "the person or country that first attacks or makes an aggression",
          "tags": [
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          ],
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          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "the person or country that first attacks or makes an aggression",
          "tags": [
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        },
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          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "agresori",
          "sense": "the person or country that first attacks or makes an aggression",
          "word": "აგრესორი"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "the person or country that first attacks or makes an aggression",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "Aggressor"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "the person or country that first attacks or makes an aggression",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "Aggressorin"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "the person or country that first attacks or makes an aggression",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "Angreifer"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "the person or country that first attacks or makes an aggression",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "Angreiferin"
        },
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          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "epitithémenos",
          "sense": "the person or country that first attacks or makes an aggression",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "επιτιθέμενος"
        },
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          "code": "he",
          "lang": "Hebrew",
          "roman": "tokpán",
          "sense": "the person or country that first attacks or makes an aggression",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "תּוֹקְפָן"
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        {
          "code": "he",
          "lang": "Hebrew",
          "roman": "polésh",
          "sense": "the person or country that first attacks or makes an aggression",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "פּוֹלֵשׁ"
        },
        {
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "the person or country that first attacks or makes an aggression",
          "word": "támadó"
        },
        {
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "the person or country that first attacks or makes an aggression",
          "word": "agresszor"
        },
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          "code": "is",
          "lang": "Icelandic",
          "sense": "the person or country that first attacks or makes an aggression",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "árásarmaður"
        },
        {
          "code": "id",
          "lang": "Indonesian",
          "sense": "the person or country that first attacks or makes an aggression",
          "word": "agresor"
        },
        {
          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "the person or country that first attacks or makes an aggression",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "ionsaitheoir"
        },
        {
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "the person or country that first attacks or makes an aggression",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
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        },
        {
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "the person or country that first attacks or makes an aggression",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "aggreditrice"
        },
        {
          "alt": "しんりゃくしゃ",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "shinryakusha",
          "sense": "the person or country that first attacks or makes an aggression",
          "word": "侵略者"
        },
        {
          "code": "kk",
          "lang": "Kazakh",
          "roman": "basqynşy",
          "sense": "the person or country that first attacks or makes an aggression",
          "word": "басқыншы"
        },
        {
          "code": "kk",
          "lang": "Kazakh",
          "roman": "agressor",
          "sense": "the person or country that first attacks or makes an aggression",
          "word": "агрессор"
        },
        {
          "code": "km",
          "lang": "Khmer",
          "roman": "nĕək chliən piən",
          "sense": "the person or country that first attacks or makes an aggression",
          "word": "អ្នកឈ្លានពាន"
        },
        {
          "alt": "侵略者",
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "chimnyakja",
          "sense": "the person or country that first attacks or makes an aggression",
          "word": "침략자"
        },
        {
          "code": "ky",
          "lang": "Kyrgyz",
          "roman": "agressor",
          "sense": "the person or country that first attacks or makes an aggression",
          "word": "агрессор"
        },
        {
          "code": "lo",
          "lang": "Lao",
          "roman": "phū huk hān",
          "sense": "the person or country that first attacks or makes an aggression",
          "word": "ຜູ້ຮຸກຮານ"
        },
        {
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "the person or country that first attacks or makes an aggression",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "aggressor"
        },
        {
          "code": "lv",
          "lang": "Latvian",
          "sense": "the person or country that first attacks or makes an aggression",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "agresors"
        },
        {
          "code": "lt",
          "lang": "Lithuanian",
          "sense": "the person or country that first attacks or makes an aggression",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "agresorius"
        },
        {
          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "agrésor",
          "sense": "the person or country that first attacks or makes an aggression",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "агре́сор"
        },
        {
          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "agrésorka",
          "sense": "the person or country that first attacks or makes an aggression",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "агре́сорка"
        },
        {
          "code": "ms",
          "lang": "Malay",
          "sense": "the person or country that first attacks or makes an aggression",
          "word": "pengagresif"
        },
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          "code": "mn",
          "lang": "Mongolian",
          "roman": "türemgiilegč",
          "sense": "the person or country that first attacks or makes an aggression",
          "tags": [
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          ],
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        },
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          "code": "nb",
          "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
          "sense": "the person or country that first attacks or makes an aggression",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "angriper"
        },
        {
          "code": "nb",
          "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
          "sense": "the person or country that first attacks or makes an aggression",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "aggressor"
        },
        {
          "code": "fa",
          "lang": "Persian",
          "roman": "motajâvez",
          "sense": "the person or country that first attacks or makes an aggression",
          "word": "متجاوز"
        },
        {
          "code": "fa",
          "lang": "Persian",
          "roman": "mohâjem",
          "sense": "the person or country that first attacks or makes an aggression",
          "word": "مهاجم"
        },
        {
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "the person or country that first attacks or makes an aggression",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "agresor"
        },
        {
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "the person or country that first attacks or makes an aggression",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "agresorka"
        },
        {
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "the person or country that first attacks or makes an aggression",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "agressor"
        },
        {
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "the person or country that first attacks or makes an aggression",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "agressora"
        },
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          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "the person or country that first attacks or makes an aggression",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "agresor"
        },
        {
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "the person or country that first attacks or makes an aggression",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "agresoare"
        },
        {
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "agréssor",
          "sense": "the person or country that first attacks or makes an aggression",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "агре́ссор"
        },
        {
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "the person or country that first attacks or makes an aggression",
          "tags": [
            "Cyrillic",
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "а̀гресор"
        },
        {
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "the person or country that first attacks or makes an aggression",
          "tags": [
            "Cyrillic",
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "а̀гресорица"
        },
        {
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "the person or country that first attacks or makes an aggression",
          "tags": [
            "Roman",
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "àgresor"
        },
        {
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "the person or country that first attacks or makes an aggression",
          "tags": [
            "Roman",
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "àgresorica"
        },
        {
          "code": "sk",
          "lang": "Slovak",
          "sense": "the person or country that first attacks or makes an aggression",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "agresor"
        },
        {
          "code": "sk",
          "lang": "Slovak",
          "sense": "the person or country that first attacks or makes an aggression",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "agresorka"
        },
        {
          "code": "sk",
          "lang": "Slovak",
          "sense": "the person or country that first attacks or makes an aggression",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "útočník"
        },
        {
          "code": "sl",
          "lang": "Slovene",
          "sense": "the person or country that first attacks or makes an aggression",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "napadalec"
        },
        {
          "code": "sl",
          "lang": "Slovene",
          "sense": "the person or country that first attacks or makes an aggression",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "napadalka"
        },
        {
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "the person or country that first attacks or makes an aggression",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "agresor"
        },
        {
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "the person or country that first attacks or makes an aggression",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "agresora"
        },
        {
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "the person or country that first attacks or makes an aggression",
          "tags": [
            "common-gender"
          ],
          "word": "angripare"
        },
        {
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "the person or country that first attacks or makes an aggression",
          "tags": [
            "common-gender"
          ],
          "word": "aggressor"
        },
        {
          "code": "tg",
          "lang": "Tajik",
          "roman": "tajovuzkor",
          "sense": "the person or country that first attacks or makes an aggression",
          "word": "таҷовузкор"
        },
        {
          "code": "tg",
          "lang": "Tajik",
          "roman": "tajovuzgar",
          "sense": "the person or country that first attacks or makes an aggression",
          "word": "таҷовузгар"
        },
        {
          "code": "tg",
          "lang": "Tajik",
          "roman": "agressor",
          "sense": "the person or country that first attacks or makes an aggression",
          "word": "агрессор"
        },
        {
          "code": "tg",
          "lang": "Tajik",
          "roman": "mutajoviz",
          "sense": "the person or country that first attacks or makes an aggression",
          "word": "мутаҷовиз"
        },
        {
          "code": "tt",
          "lang": "Tatar",
          "roman": "ağressor",
          "sense": "the person or country that first attacks or makes an aggression",
          "word": "агрессор"
        },
        {
          "code": "th",
          "lang": "Thai",
          "roman": "pûu-rúk-raan",
          "sense": "the person or country that first attacks or makes an aggression",
          "word": "ผู้รุกราน"
        },
        {
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "the person or country that first attacks or makes an aggression",
          "word": "saldırgan"
        },
        {
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "the person or country that first attacks or makes an aggression",
          "word": "mütecaviz"
        },
        {
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "ahrésor",
          "sense": "the person or country that first attacks or makes an aggression",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "агре́сор"
        },
        {
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "ahrésorka",
          "sense": "the person or country that first attacks or makes an aggression",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "агре́сорка"
        },
        {
          "code": "ug",
          "lang": "Uyghur",
          "roman": "tajawuzchi",
          "sense": "the person or country that first attacks or makes an aggression",
          "word": "تاجاۋۇزچى"
        },
        {
          "code": "uz",
          "lang": "Uzbek",
          "sense": "the person or country that first attacks or makes an aggression",
          "word": "agressor"
        },
        {
          "code": "uz",
          "lang": "Uzbek",
          "sense": "the person or country that first attacks or makes an aggression",
          "word": "tajovuzkor"
        },
        {
          "code": "uz",
          "lang": "Uzbek",
          "sense": "the person or country that first attacks or makes an aggression",
          "word": "bosqinchi"
        },
        {
          "code": "vi",
          "lang": "Vietnamese",
          "sense": "the person or country that first attacks or makes an aggression",
          "word": "kẻ xâm lược"
        },
        {
          "code": "yi",
          "lang": "Yiddish",
          "roman": "agreser",
          "sense": "the person or country that first attacks or makes an aggression",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "אַגרעסער"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "aggressor"
}
{
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "bioaggressor"
    },
    {
      "word": "cyberaggressor"
    },
    {
      "word": "microaggressor"
    },
    {
      "word": "nonaggressor"
    },
    {
      "word": "passive-aggressor"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "la",
        "3": "aggressor",
        "4": "",
        "5": "attacker, assailant, aggressor"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin aggressor (“attacker, assailant, aggressor”)",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Latin aggressor (“attacker, assailant, aggressor”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "aggressors",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "aggressor (plural aggressors)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English countable nouns",
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English lemmas",
        "English nouns",
        "English terms derived from Latin",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "Mandarin terms with redundant transliterations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1950 September 1, Harry S. Truman, 2:37 from the start, in MP72-73 Korea and World Peace: President Truman Reports to the People, Harry S. Truman Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives Identifier: 595162",
          "text": "Hitler and the Japanese generals miscalculated badly, 10 years ago, when they thought we would not be able to use our economic power effectively for the defeat of aggression. Let would-be aggressors make no such mistake today.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "The person or country that first attacks or makes an aggression; that begins hostility or a quarrel; an assailant."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "attack",
          "attack"
        ],
        [
          "aggression",
          "aggression"
        ],
        [
          "hostility",
          "hostility"
        ],
        [
          "quarrel",
          "quarrel"
        ],
        [
          "assailant",
          "assailant"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "obsolete"
      ],
      "word": "aggressour"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "sq",
      "lang": "Albanian",
      "sense": "the person or country that first attacks or makes an aggression",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "agresor"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "muʕtadin",
      "sense": "the person or country that first attacks or makes an aggression",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "مُعْتَدٍ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "bāḡin",
      "sense": "the person or country that first attacks or makes an aggression",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "بَاغٍ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "muʕtid",
      "sense": "the person or country that first attacks or makes an aggression",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "مُعْتِد"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "agresor",
      "sense": "the person or country that first attacks or makes an aggression",
      "word": "ագրեսոր"
    },
    {
      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "the person or country that first attacks or makes an aggression",
      "word": "təcavüzkar"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "ahrésar",
      "sense": "the person or country that first attacks or makes an aggression",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "агрэ́сар"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "ahrésarka",
      "sense": "the person or country that first attacks or makes an aggression",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "агрэ́сарка"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "agrésor",
      "sense": "the person or country that first attacks or makes an aggression",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "агре́сор"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "agrésorka",
      "sense": "the person or country that first attacks or makes an aggression",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "агре́сорка"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "napadátel",
      "sense": "the person or country that first attacks or makes an aggression",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "напада́тел"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "napadátelka",
      "sense": "the person or country that first attacks or makes an aggression",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "напада́телка"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "qīnlüèzhě",
      "sense": "the person or country that first attacks or makes an aggression",
      "word": "侵略者"
    },
    {
      "code": "crh",
      "lang": "Crimean Tatar",
      "sense": "the person or country that first attacks or makes an aggression",
      "word": "agressor"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "the person or country that first attacks or makes an aggression",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "agresor"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "the person or country that first attacks or makes an aggression",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "agresorka"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "the person or country that first attacks or makes an aggression",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "útočník"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "the person or country that first attacks or makes an aggression",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "útočnice"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "the person or country that first attacks or makes an aggression",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "aggressor"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "the person or country that first attacks or makes an aggression",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "angriber"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "the person or country that first attacks or makes an aggression",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "agressor"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "the person or country that first attacks or makes an aggression",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "aanvaller"
    },
    {
      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "the person or country that first attacks or makes an aggression",
      "word": "aggressor"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "the person or country that first attacks or makes an aggression",
      "word": "hyökkääjä"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "the person or country that first attacks or makes an aggression",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "agresseur"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "the person or country that first attacks or makes an aggression",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "agresseuse"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "agresori",
      "sense": "the person or country that first attacks or makes an aggression",
      "word": "აგრესორი"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "the person or country that first attacks or makes an aggression",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Aggressor"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "the person or country that first attacks or makes an aggression",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Aggressorin"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "the person or country that first attacks or makes an aggression",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Angreifer"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "the person or country that first attacks or makes an aggression",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Angreiferin"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "epitithémenos",
      "sense": "the person or country that first attacks or makes an aggression",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "επιτιθέμενος"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "tokpán",
      "sense": "the person or country that first attacks or makes an aggression",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "תּוֹקְפָן"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "polésh",
      "sense": "the person or country that first attacks or makes an aggression",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "פּוֹלֵשׁ"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "the person or country that first attacks or makes an aggression",
      "word": "támadó"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "the person or country that first attacks or makes an aggression",
      "word": "agresszor"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "the person or country that first attacks or makes an aggression",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "árásarmaður"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "the person or country that first attacks or makes an aggression",
      "word": "agresor"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "the person or country that first attacks or makes an aggression",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ionsaitheoir"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "the person or country that first attacks or makes an aggression",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "aggressore"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "the person or country that first attacks or makes an aggression",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "aggreditrice"
    },
    {
      "alt": "しんりゃくしゃ",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "shinryakusha",
      "sense": "the person or country that first attacks or makes an aggression",
      "word": "侵略者"
    },
    {
      "code": "kk",
      "lang": "Kazakh",
      "roman": "basqynşy",
      "sense": "the person or country that first attacks or makes an aggression",
      "word": "басқыншы"
    },
    {
      "code": "kk",
      "lang": "Kazakh",
      "roman": "agressor",
      "sense": "the person or country that first attacks or makes an aggression",
      "word": "агрессор"
    },
    {
      "code": "km",
      "lang": "Khmer",
      "roman": "nĕək chliən piən",
      "sense": "the person or country that first attacks or makes an aggression",
      "word": "អ្នកឈ្លានពាន"
    },
    {
      "alt": "侵略者",
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "chimnyakja",
      "sense": "the person or country that first attacks or makes an aggression",
      "word": "침략자"
    },
    {
      "code": "ky",
      "lang": "Kyrgyz",
      "roman": "agressor",
      "sense": "the person or country that first attacks or makes an aggression",
      "word": "агрессор"
    },
    {
      "code": "lo",
      "lang": "Lao",
      "roman": "phū huk hān",
      "sense": "the person or country that first attacks or makes an aggression",
      "word": "ຜູ້ຮຸກຮານ"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "the person or country that first attacks or makes an aggression",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "aggressor"
    },
    {
      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "the person or country that first attacks or makes an aggression",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "agresors"
    },
    {
      "code": "lt",
      "lang": "Lithuanian",
      "sense": "the person or country that first attacks or makes an aggression",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "agresorius"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "agrésor",
      "sense": "the person or country that first attacks or makes an aggression",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "агре́сор"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "agrésorka",
      "sense": "the person or country that first attacks or makes an aggression",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "агре́сорка"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "the person or country that first attacks or makes an aggression",
      "word": "pengagresif"
    },
    {
      "code": "mn",
      "lang": "Mongolian",
      "roman": "türemgiilegč",
      "sense": "the person or country that first attacks or makes an aggression",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic"
      ],
      "word": "түрэмгийлэгч"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "the person or country that first attacks or makes an aggression",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "angriper"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "the person or country that first attacks or makes an aggression",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "aggressor"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "motajâvez",
      "sense": "the person or country that first attacks or makes an aggression",
      "word": "متجاوز"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "mohâjem",
      "sense": "the person or country that first attacks or makes an aggression",
      "word": "مهاجم"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "the person or country that first attacks or makes an aggression",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "agresor"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "the person or country that first attacks or makes an aggression",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "agresorka"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "the person or country that first attacks or makes an aggression",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "agressor"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "the person or country that first attacks or makes an aggression",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "agressora"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "the person or country that first attacks or makes an aggression",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "agresor"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "the person or country that first attacks or makes an aggression",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "agresoare"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "agréssor",
      "sense": "the person or country that first attacks or makes an aggression",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "агре́ссор"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "the person or country that first attacks or makes an aggression",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "а̀гресор"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "the person or country that first attacks or makes an aggression",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "а̀гресорица"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "the person or country that first attacks or makes an aggression",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "àgresor"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "the person or country that first attacks or makes an aggression",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "àgresorica"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "the person or country that first attacks or makes an aggression",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "agresor"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "the person or country that first attacks or makes an aggression",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "agresorka"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "the person or country that first attacks or makes an aggression",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "útočník"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "the person or country that first attacks or makes an aggression",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "napadalec"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "the person or country that first attacks or makes an aggression",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "napadalka"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "the person or country that first attacks or makes an aggression",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "agresor"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "the person or country that first attacks or makes an aggression",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "agresora"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "the person or country that first attacks or makes an aggression",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "angripare"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "the person or country that first attacks or makes an aggression",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "aggressor"
    },
    {
      "code": "tg",
      "lang": "Tajik",
      "roman": "tajovuzkor",
      "sense": "the person or country that first attacks or makes an aggression",
      "word": "таҷовузкор"
    },
    {
      "code": "tg",
      "lang": "Tajik",
      "roman": "tajovuzgar",
      "sense": "the person or country that first attacks or makes an aggression",
      "word": "таҷовузгар"
    },
    {
      "code": "tg",
      "lang": "Tajik",
      "roman": "agressor",
      "sense": "the person or country that first attacks or makes an aggression",
      "word": "агрессор"
    },
    {
      "code": "tg",
      "lang": "Tajik",
      "roman": "mutajoviz",
      "sense": "the person or country that first attacks or makes an aggression",
      "word": "мутаҷовиз"
    },
    {
      "code": "tt",
      "lang": "Tatar",
      "roman": "ağressor",
      "sense": "the person or country that first attacks or makes an aggression",
      "word": "агрессор"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "pûu-rúk-raan",
      "sense": "the person or country that first attacks or makes an aggression",
      "word": "ผู้รุกราน"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "the person or country that first attacks or makes an aggression",
      "word": "saldırgan"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "the person or country that first attacks or makes an aggression",
      "word": "mütecaviz"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "ahrésor",
      "sense": "the person or country that first attacks or makes an aggression",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "агре́сор"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "ahrésorka",
      "sense": "the person or country that first attacks or makes an aggression",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "агре́сорка"
    },
    {
      "code": "ug",
      "lang": "Uyghur",
      "roman": "tajawuzchi",
      "sense": "the person or country that first attacks or makes an aggression",
      "word": "تاجاۋۇزچى"
    },
    {
      "code": "uz",
      "lang": "Uzbek",
      "sense": "the person or country that first attacks or makes an aggression",
      "word": "agressor"
    },
    {
      "code": "uz",
      "lang": "Uzbek",
      "sense": "the person or country that first attacks or makes an aggression",
      "word": "tajovuzkor"
    },
    {
      "code": "uz",
      "lang": "Uzbek",
      "sense": "the person or country that first attacks or makes an aggression",
      "word": "bosqinchi"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "the person or country that first attacks or makes an aggression",
      "word": "kẻ xâm lược"
    },
    {
      "code": "yi",
      "lang": "Yiddish",
      "roman": "agreser",
      "sense": "the person or country that first attacks or makes an aggression",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "אַגרעסער"
    }
  ],
  "word": "aggressor"
}

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