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Aggressor

/əˈɡrɛsər/
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(noun) The person or country that first attacks or makes an aggression; that begins hostility or a quarrel; an assailant.

It's on the aggressor's side of town.
Tom was clearly the aggressor.
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In many international conflicts, it's hard to tell who the ____ is.

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