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 woman tried to intervene as her father was being assaulted, and Gonzalez also allegedly attacked her, authorities said. — Iris Kwok, Los Angeles Times, 14 Oct. 2026

The alum who asked not to be named alleged more than five years ago that she was assaulted by a male classmate – a student who had already been the subject of another Title IX complaint less than a year earlier. — Casey Tolan, CNN Money, 14 Oct. 2026

In written reports, customers compared the ordeal to being robbed, held hostage or physically assaulted. — Monika Evstatieva, NPR, 14 Oct. 2026

In an interview with ProPublica from North Lake, Pilar, 48, said that her boyfriend took financial advantage of her and physically assaulted her. — Melissa Sanchez, ProPublica, 14 Oct. 2026

On that day, a woman reported that she had been assaulted by a man on the overpass at Highway 92 and Interstate 75. — Dan Raby, CBS News, 13 Oct. 2026

When news first broke about the incident on board Delta flight 938 from Los Angeles, it was reported that Blair had allegedly assaulted Delta flight attendants by punching one and biting another. — Chris Gardner, HollywoodReporter, 13 Oct. 2026

The plane’s first officer, an Omani man named Hamam al-Hammami, had assaulted the plane’s Indian captain with an emergency axe and steered the aircraft into a nosedive. — Sudarsan Raghavan, New Yorker, 12 Oct. 2026

Large private surveys of students at multiple colleges consistently estimate that 1 in 5 college women are assaulted while attending university. — Kaitlyn M. Sims, The Conversation, 8 Oct. 2026