noun
- a person who attacks someone physically or verbally
Examples
- The victim could not identify her assailer in the dark.
- Police are searching for the assailer who fled the scene.
- The assailer was arrested after witnesses provided descriptions.
- Security cameras captured footage of the assailer entering the building.
- The assailer’s motives remain unclear to investigators.
- Witnesses described the assailer as wearing a dark jacket.