assault
Example Sentences
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Initial information indicated no casualties, though officials said the strike continued a pattern of repeated assaults on the Danube port region.
From Barron's
The man who removed a flag from the embassy's roof was arrested on suspicion of criminal damage, trespass on diplomatic property and assaulting police, the Metropolitan Police said.
From BBC
Six weeks after his initial arrest, A$AP was found guilty of assault and given a suspended sentence.
From BBC
Smaller assault packages, meanwhile, could boost morale among protesters but ultimately not change the regime’s crackdown against dissenters, the officials said.
O’Hara said he believed there was a broom and snow shovel at the scene of the shooting and that at least one person might have assaulted federal law-enforcement officers.
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