assault
Example Sentences
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Even if such an assault were to succeed, the U.S. beachheads would have to be protected against counterattacks from the IRGC, whose strength is estimated at 190,000 active personnel.
Elected to the state Assembly in 1994, he pushed legislation that banned assault weapons and created healthcare coverage for children.
From Los Angeles Times
US media reported that the Pentagon has dispatched the amphibious assault ship USS Tripoli and around 2,500 Marines to the region.
From Barron's
The forces being dispatched are able to conduct air attacks, sea-based amphibious assaults and special operations.
If ever there was justification for an asterisk next to a record, his illegitimate assault on a scoring record is it.
From Los Angeles Times
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