Assailant and Player

Assailant

Assailant noun - One who violently sets upon another.

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Player and assailant are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Player" instead a noun "Assailant".

Nearby Words: assail, assailable, assailing

Player noun - A person who plays a musical instrument.

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Assailant and player are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Assailant" instead a noun "Player".

Nearby Words: play, played, playing, playable

female	female assailant	female player
dead	dead assailant	dead player
real	real assailant	real player
former	former assailant	former player
Other adjectives: lone, random.

But this might have turned the Shaggy Dog Story ending into a Cliffhanger since the assailant was revealed to be a Shell-Shocked Veteran and knew the player character.

Source: Video Game / We Happy Few
If the player is being chased in a Dogfight Maneuver, then with the right positioning they can execute a counter-maneuver to loop behind their assailant and begin a DFM against them.

Source: Counter Attack
A player getting Finished can be rescued if their assailant is taken down, and it doesn't matter how much of the animation played out or how many rounds were pumped into their body; if the animation didn't play out in full, the player getting Finished is still alive.

Source: Video Game / Warhammer 40,000: Eternal Crusade

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