Synonyms of assaulting

assaulting

verb

present participle of assault

1

as in raping

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

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

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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

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