Synonyms of assaulting

assaulting

verb

present participle of assault

1

as in violating

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

• violating
• raping
• forcing
• ravishing
• molesting
• date raping
• gang raping
• pawing
• deflowering
• defiling

2

as in attacking

to take sudden, violent action against

was found guilty of assaulting an officer

enemy forces assaulted the city

Synonyms & Similar Words

• attacking
• raiding
• storming
• robbing
• ambushing
• striking
• charging
• invading
• assailing
• swarming
• rushing
• turning (on)
• siccing
• trashing
• descending (on or upon)
• flying at
• besetting
• jumping (on)
• setting on
• going in (on)
• bushwhacking
• setting at
• tearing into
• pouncing (on or upon)
• setting upon
• going at
• pitching into
• beating up on
• besieging
• flanking
• bombarding
• rounding on
• sacking
• waylaying
• bombing
• battering
• mugging
• surprising
• mobbing
• ravaging
• lighting into
• plundering
• blitzing
• barraging
• nuking
• looting
• ganging up (on)
• pillaging
• bum-rushing
• buffeting
• beleaguering
• cannoning
• harrying
• enveloping
• overrunning
• cannonading
• plastering
• ambuscading
• banging away (at)
• pressing
• foraying

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• protecting
• covering
• defending
• securing
• guarding
• shielding

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of assaulting

Among those arrested were individuals accused of choking their partners and assaulting their children, the sheriff’s office said. — Tanya Babbar, Houston Chronicle, 16 Oct. 2026

Selma Blair pleaded not guilty to assaulting a police officer and nurse after a Delta Air Lines incident. — Jack Dolan, Los Angeles Times, 14 Oct. 2026

In September, Jane Doe sued the university, her sorority, the Chi Phi fraternity and seven now former Chi Phi members for allegedly assaulting her. — Mahsa Saeidi, CBS News, 14 Oct. 2026

Selma Blair got candid about her health before allegedly assaulting multiple people aboard a flight to New York. — Allison Degrushe, StyleCaster, 13 Oct. 2026

Actress Selma Blair was arrested on Sunday, October 12, for assaulting flight attendants and trying to open the emergency door mid-flight, TMZ reports. — Alejandra Gularte, Vulture, 12 Oct. 2026

Selma Blair was taken into custody at New York’s JFK Airport on Sunday after allegedly assaulting Delta Airlines flight attendants on board flight 938 from Los Angeles. — Chris Gardner, HollywoodReporter, 12 Oct. 2026

Demolishing universities, assaulting the press, violently resegregating the public sphere, ramming degenerative AI down our throats, incarcerating mere zine makers, the regime is systematically repealing the right to culture. — Anna Kornbluh, ARTnews.com, 7 Oct. 2026

The woman took a photo of the man from a distance, and detectives recognized him as the man suspected of assaulting two women with a traffic cone, police said. — Mark Price, Charlotte Observer, 2 Oct. 2026