Thesaurus / assault
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- invade
- rape
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- trash
- advance
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- bushwhack
- jump
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- slam
- zap
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- strike
- assail
- blast
- bash
- come down on
- go for
- lay into
- shoot down
- haul off on
- let have it
- light into
- set upon
- slap around
- work over
- jump down one's throat
- jump on one's case
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At least two more women have since come forward with similar allegations of assault.
ICE DEPORTED A WOMAN WHO ACCUSED GUARDS OF SEXUAL ASSAULT WHILE THE FEDS WERE STILL INVESTIGATING THE INCIDENTBY LOMI KRIELSEPTEMBER 15, 2020PROPUBLICAThis can buy time for B and T cells from the adaptive immune system to multiply into an army that can deliver a more precise and devastating assault if one is needed.
‘TRAINED IMMUNITY’ OFFERS HOPE IN FIGHT AGAINST CORONAVIRUSESTHER LANDHUISSEPTEMBER 14, 2020QUANTA MAGAZINEHarvey Weinstein was fighting criminal charges for a pattern of behavior that included hotel room assaults.
THE WOMAN PROPOSITIONED BY ALASKA’S FORMER LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR TELLS HER STORY FOR THE FIRST TIMEBY KYLE HOPKINS AND MICHELLE THERIAULT BOOTS, ANCHORAGE DAILY NEWSSEPTEMBER 10, 2020PROPUBLICAThe order called for a multi-agency assault on Section 230, involving the commerce and justice departments, the Federal Communications Commission, and the Federal Trade Commission.
WHY THE MOST CONTROVERSIAL US INTERNET LAW IS WORTH SAVINGAMY NORDRUMSEPTEMBER 9, 2020MIT TECHNOLOGY REVIEWCalifornia is a bright, shining example that you can build a humming engine of economic growth, even in a state that embraces relatively high taxes and progressive values—an unforgivable assault on conservative worldviews.
IN DEFENSE OF CALIFORNIAJAMES TEMPLESEPTEMBER 4, 2020MIT TECHNOLOGY REVIEWRichard Lamar Hawk, which is the singer’s birth name, was arrested and charged with two counts of assault with a deadly weapon, the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office said Thursday.
SILENTO CHARGED AFTER ATTACKING STRANGERS WITH A HATCHETJOI-MARIE MCKENZIESEPTEMBER 4, 2020ESSENCE.COMThe police are now aggressively pushing a vastly altered narrative that runs entirely counter to what video evidence depicts of the assault.
HONG KONG POLICE ARE REWRITING THE HISTORY OF AN INFAMOUS THUG ATTACK ON CIVILIANSMARY HUIAUGUST 27, 2020QUARTZLast week, a court dismissed the assault case against senator Elisha Abbo who was caught on camera physically attacking a woman in an adult toy shop in Abuja.
NIGERIA HAS MISSED AN OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE ITS #METOO MOMENT STICKSHAYERA DARKAUGUST 4, 2020QUARTZDuring a 2006 roadside stop, Chauvin was among six officers who, in just four seconds, fired 43 rounds into a truck driven by a man wanted for questioning in a domestic assault.
POLICE OFFICERS ACCUSED OF BRUTAL VIOLENCE OFTEN HAVE A HISTORY OF COMPLAINTS BY CITIZENSLGBTQ-EDITORJUNE 1, 2020NO STRAIGHT NEWSSo that sounds — it would make me believe that the future of meat is one in which cattle ranchers feel a little bit like an endangered species or at least under assault.
THE FUTURE OF MEAT (EP. 367 REBROADCAST)STEPHEN J. DUBNERAUGUST 29, 2019FREAKONOMICSWORDS RELATED TO ASSAULT
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