assault
Example Sentences
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Volker Turk warned countries that at a time when global human rights are under significant assault, his office was facing dire funding shortages hampering its increasingly important and life-saving work.
From Barron's
I couldn’t bear anyone looking at me anymore because even their glances felt like assaults.
From Literature
“The assault is already being compromised at almost every turn, and I think at the end the administration will understand that the juice isn’t worth the squeeze.”
Russia had continued its nightly barrages on Ukraine—including strikes on transportation infrastructure—but Moscow appeared to refrain or several days from direct assaults on energy.
“They should not be anonymous. They should be identifiable. And they have to have rules of engagement that don’t allow them to terrorize and intimidate, harass and assault U.S. citizens and other people,” he said.
From Salon
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