assault
Example Sentences
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According to the professional standards department, officers later reclassified the affray as two assaults - one with Theo as a victim and one as an offender - which he did not know and had not admitted to.
From BBC
There are currently 11 US warships in the Caribbean: the world's largest aircraft carrier, an amphibious assault ship, two amphibious transport dock ships, two cruisers and five destroyers.
From Barron's
In the 12 months after the Hamas assault, she said antisemitic incidents in Australia had surged 316 percent to more than 2,000 -- including threats, assaults, vandalism and intimidation.
From Barron's
Soldiers executed air assaults, simulated missile shots across islands, navigated gulches and slept fitfully under trees.
In January 2022, on the eve of the full-scale assault, he warned that Russia was not a Great Power and should not be appeased.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
