Assailant and Victim

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Assailant noun - One who violently sets upon another.

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Victim is an antonym for assailant.

Nearby Words: assail, assailable, assailing

Victim noun - A person or thing harmed, lost, or destroyed.

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Assailant is an antonym for victim.

human	human assailant	human victim
female	female assailant	female victim
dying	dying assailant	dying victim
dead	dead assailant	dead victim
Other adjectives: real, male, potential, supposed, former, random, alleged, would-be.

Slashed Throat: A particularly graphic example about two-minutes into the film, in which the assailant uses a razor to saw through the victim's neck.

Source: Film / Eastern Promises
If the assailant was out to kill the victim, then it's essentially Karmic Death at its finest.

Source: Killing In Self Defense
The more comical instances sometimes has the victim turn the tables on their would-be assailant, who're either Too Kinky to Torture, or have raging libidos.

Source: Black Comedy Rape

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