assault
Example Sentences
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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
The Wall Street Journal and New York Times said Friday the Pentagon had dispatched the Japan-based amphibious assault ship USS Tripoli to the region along with its complement of some 2,500 Marines.
From Barron's
The soldiers were frightened of Issa, whose dark powers, they suspected, had allowed him to survive the fierce assault on his house.
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