assault

Example Sentences

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Electricity was cut throughout much of the city as the assault unfolded, Dan Caine, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, told reporters.

From Los Angeles Times

The Institute of Customer Service is calling for the government to make an assault on any public-facing worker a standalone offence.

From BBC

Days before Carlitos Ricardo Parias was set to to go on trial for assault on a federal officer, a federal judge dismissed the case against him.

From Los Angeles Times

For another, their armor protected their hulls against attack — the design rationale being that they would chiefly engage enemy vessels in battleship-to-battleship engagements — but their decks were susceptible to assault from the skies.

From Los Angeles Times

It is especially vulnerable to Russian assaults on its power grid as it produces little of its own, relying on imported power instead.

From The Wall Street Journal