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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
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as in attacked
to take sudden, violent action against
was found guilty of assaulting an officer enemy forces assaulted the city
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Recent Examples of assaulted
In March, Adra’s co-director on the film Hamdan Ballal was detained by Israeli forces overnight after being assaulted by settlers just after an iftar dinner during Ramadan.
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Max Saltman, CNN Money, 13 Sep. 2025
In April, 2021, two Chinese women were assaulted outside the town’s only Asian grocery store.
—Beth Lew-Williams, New Yorker, 13 Sep. 2025
Parties involved in the argument were leaving the indoor amusement park when Reed assaulted an employee, unprovoked, while making his way outside.
—Lillie Davidson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 12 Sep. 2025
The 13-year-old's guardians told officers that they had been assaulted.
—Jade Jackson, IndyStar, 11 Sep. 2025
Kirk, 31, was assaulted while participating in a Q&A session with students at Utah Valley University.
—Jordan Green, Nashville Tennessean, 11 Sep. 2025
Just a week before the Elk Grove High School football team came under fire for a hazing incident, a similar event occurred in Monterey Trail High School locker room in which one or more students were taped being assaulted by senior players.
—Jennah Pendleton, Sacbee.com, 10 Sep. 2025
Valdez repeatedly assaulted the girl in the van over a period of three years, police said.
—City News Service, Oc Register, 9 Sep. 2025
One of the women estimated that the singer assaulted her at least 23 times during her six years of employment at the musician's home.
—Wesley Stenzel, Entertainment Weekly, 6 Sep. 2025
Max Saltman, CNN Money, 13 Sep. 2025
In April, 2021, two Chinese women were assaulted outside the town’s only Asian grocery store.
—Beth Lew-Williams, New Yorker, 13 Sep. 2025
Parties involved in the argument were leaving the indoor amusement park when Reed assaulted an employee, unprovoked, while making his way outside.
—Lillie Davidson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 12 Sep. 2025
The 13-year-old's guardians told officers that they had been assaulted.
—Jade Jackson, IndyStar, 11 Sep. 2025
Kirk, 31, was assaulted while participating in a Q&A session with students at Utah Valley University.
—Jordan Green, Nashville Tennessean, 11 Sep. 2025
Just a week before the Elk Grove High School football team came under fire for a hazing incident, a similar event occurred in Monterey Trail High School locker room in which one or more students were taped being assaulted by senior players.
—Jennah Pendleton, Sacbee.com, 10 Sep. 2025
Valdez repeatedly assaulted the girl in the van over a period of three years, police said.
—City News Service, Oc Register, 9 Sep. 2025
One of the women estimated that the singer assaulted her at least 23 times during her six years of employment at the musician's home.
—Wesley Stenzel, Entertainment Weekly, 6 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for assaulted
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Wake County schools violated policy when staff did not address the effects of bullying on Danielle, said an April 2024 letter from the North Carolina Department of Public Instruction.—
Fred Clasen-Kelly,
ABC News,
11 Sep. 2025
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Argentina and other countries under Bilateral Investment Treaties (BITs) also have protections that may be violated by tariffs, Comprés said.—
Preston Fore,
Fortune,
11 Sep. 2025
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Captured on live television, rioters attacked the Capitol and breached the Senate floor.—
Chris Boyette,
CNN Money,
14 Sep. 2025
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In 1986, Iranian warplanes attacked Emirati oil platforms off the coast of the capital, Abu Dhabi.—
Paul Iddon,
Forbes.com,
14 Sep. 2025
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The women, prosecutors say, were often drugged before they were raped.—
Grethel Aguila,
Miami Herald,
12 Sep. 2025
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Corey Feldman said in his 2020 documentary that Haim had confided in him that Sheen raped Haim on the set of the 1986 film.—
Bryan Alexander,
USA Today,
11 Sep. 2025
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Federal officials have already raided, among others, California car washes and marijuana farms, a Louisiana racetrack, a Florida construction site and a Nebraska meatpacking plant.—
Trevor Hughes,
USA Today,
10 Sep. 2025
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Jordan Garcia, a veteran community organizer with the Colorado branch of the American Friends Service Committee, travelled to Cedar Run, one of the Denver housing complexes that was raided, to record video and provide assistance.—
Jonathan Blitzer,
New Yorker,
8 Sep. 2025
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In one incident, his attorney said, Egyptian forces with machine guns stormed into an apartment where Soliman was asleep with his wife and young child.—
Hannah Allam,
ProPublica,
10 Sep. 2025
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Advertisement Advertisement Protesters stormed the Parliament in Kathmandu, and police responded with tear gas, rubber bullets, water cannons, and, according to human rights organization Amnesty International, live ammunition.—
Chad de Guzman,
Time,
9 Sep. 2025
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“Assaulted.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/assaulted. Accessed 15 Sep. 2025.
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