7
detractor(noun, literature, censure, opinion, critic)
5
critic(noun, hostile, enemy, foe)
4
accuser(noun, court, jurisprudence)
4
attacker(noun, attack, aggressive, military)
3
antagonist(noun, enemy, attacker, foe, aggressor)
3
assailant(noun, attack, aggressive, enemy, military)
2
assail(noun, hostile, enemy, foe)
2
aggressor(noun, attack, aggressive, enemy, military)
2
assault(noun, verb, attack, harm, aggressive)
2
assaulter(noun, attack, aggressive, military)
2
basher(noun, censure, enemy, attacker, foe)
2
censurer(noun, literature, censure, opinion, critic)
2
critical(adjective, hostile, enemy, foe)
2
enemy(noun, hostile, foe)
1
hostile(noun, enemy, attacker, foe, aggressor)
1
accusant(noun, court, jurisprudence, accuser)
1
advancing troops(expression, idiom, aggressive, war, military)
1
adversary(noun, enemy, attacker, foe, aggressor)
1
adversary force(noun, enemy, attacker, foe, aggressor)
1
adverse party(noun, enemy, attacker, foe, aggressor)
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