attacker

CEFRA2

/əˈtækɚ/

noun

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In plain English

01
noun
A person or thing that attacks someone or something.
02
noun
Extra detail
One of the players on a team in football (soccer) in the row nearest to the opposing team's goal, who are therefore principally responsible for scoring goals.

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Sits at A2 on the CEFR scale

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Extra meaning

In context

She was able to identify her attacker.
[…] expecting the woman to take her attacker into physical custody is tantamount to preventing the arrest. If she could handle him, she probably would not need to call the police in the first place.
In this manner, the victim may be able to discover the one or many zombied systems that are causing the DoS attack but probably won't be able to track down the actual attacker.

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[…] expecting the woman to take her attacker into physical custody is tantamount to preventing the arrest. If she could handle him, she probably would not need to call the police in the first place.
1981, Del Martin, Battered Wives, page 90
In this manner, the victim may be able to discover the one or many zombied systems that are causing the DoS attack but probably won't be able to track down the actual attacker.
2011, James M. Stewart, CompTIA Security+ Review Guide: Exam SY0-301, page 133
The targets suggest the attackers are sympathetic to the vast censorship apparatus known as the Great Firewall of China.
2015 March 31, Dan Goodin, “Massive denial-of-service attack on GitHub tied to Chinese government”, in Ars Technica, retrieved 01 Apr 2015

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From attack + -er.