Synonyms of assaulted

assaulted

verb

past tense of assault

1

as in violated

to engage in sexual activity and especially intercourse with a person unwilling or unable to give consent

was registered as a sex offender after assaulting the victim

Synonyms & Similar Words

• violated
• raped
• forced
• ravished
• molested
• date raped
• deflowered
• gang raped
• pawed
• defiled

2

as in attacked

to take sudden, violent action against

was found guilty of assaulting an officer

enemy forces assaulted the city

Synonyms & Similar Words

• attacked
• raided
• stormed
• struck
• robbed
• ambushed
• charged
• invaded
• assailed
• swarmed
• turned (on)
• rushed
• set at
• set on
• descended (on or upon)
• bushwhacked
• beset
• jumped (on)
• set upon
• trashed
• went in (on)
• flew at
• rounded on
• pounced (on or upon)
• went at
• pitched into
• tore into
• sicced
• surprised
• mobbed
• lit into
• sacked
• besieged
• mugged
• flanked
• waylaid
• bombed
• bombarded
• beat up on
• battered
• blitzed
• plundered
• ravaged
• buffeted
• looted
• barraged
• pillaged
• ganged up (on)
• nuked
• bum-rushed
• cannonaded
• beleaguered
• plastered
• ambuscaded
• harried
• enveloped
• overran
• cannoned
• pressed
• banged away (at)
• forayed

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• protected
• covered
• secured
• defended
• guarded
• shielded

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of assaulted

The suspects then forced the clerk into a rear employee office at gunpoint, where the clerk was allegedly assaulted, according to police. — Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 23 Sep. 2026

During which he was physically assaulted and told that in no uncertain terms that this was coming from the captain. — Jim Defede, CBS News, 21 Sep. 2026

While imprisoned, Sanchez assaulted another inmate and was sentenced to another eight years, authorities reported. — Matthew Ormseth, Los Angeles Times, 20 Sep. 2026

Butka had been previously arrested on March 8 for simple battery on an unrelated case after a 15-year-old boy claimed that Butka assaulted him while riding his dirt bike, according to court records. — Martin E. Comas, The Orlando Sentinel, 18 Sep. 2026

Thompson, then 23, and Rocco James Surace, then 30, beat Ivester with chains, burned her with cigarettes and assaulted her with a chair leg during the horrific ordeal inside the Sunny Isles Motel at 16375 Biscayne Blvd. — Grethel Aguila, Miami Herald, 18 Sep. 2026

In public, this increases a person’s risk of being robbed or assaulted. — Theresa Gaffney, STAT, 16 Sep. 2026

An attack on two women outside a Lavender Heights nightclub early Monday, days after a member of the city’s LGBTQ community was assaulted, stoked new safety concerns in the midtown Sacramento neighborhood. — Darrell Smith, Sacbee.com, 8 Sep. 2026

Critics have noted the clear echoes in how the Nazis assaulted modern art. — Sophie Tanno, CNN Money, 7 Sep. 2026