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assaulted

adjective as in held up

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The sparse landscaping on the thoroughfares left sidewalks exposed to the bright sun, and the constant rumble of trucks and buses assaulted the eardrums.

On a summer evening, the pupil barrister was sitting in the outside section of the bar when a barrister she had met only a couple of times before sexually assaulted her.

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Emma Norton, the solicitor acting on behalf of Gunner Beck's family, said it was an enormous relief that the man who had sexually assaulted her had now pleaded guilty.

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A man and a woman have been arrested following the death of a man who was assaulted in the street in south London.

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That encounter was broken up by a woman who intervened, but Kebatu then sexually assaulted her by touching her leg.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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