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German
Etymology
From Attentat (“attack, assassination”) + -er, influenced by Täter (“doer, perpetrator”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈatənˌtɛːtər/, , ,
- Hyphenation: At‧ten‧tä‧ter
Noun
Attentäter m (strong, genitive Attentäters, plural Attentäter, feminine Attentäterin)
- attacker, assassin (one who kills, or attempts to kill, for ideological reasons)
- Synonym: (descriptive) Verüber eines ideologisch motivierten Mordanschlags
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