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

During the verbal fight, Bickham spat on Parchman and another person, which prompted the group to start physically assaulting him, Salas said. — Allison Kiehl, Chicago Tribune, 19 Sep. 2026

Calhoun was serving a four-year sentence for a 2019 conviction on charges including assaulting a police officer, attempting to strangle a police dog, and burglary. — Matt Lavietes, NBC news, 18 Sep. 2026

In the case of Kim, agents found direct messages on his desktop computer between him and a minor victim in which the victim describes him allegedly assaulting her and beating her dog. — Clara Harter, Los Angeles Times, 17 Sep. 2026

He is accused of assaulting a deputy before being taken into custody and faces charges including unlawful escape, resisting arrest, and assaulting a police officer. — Kc Baker, PEOPLE, 17 Sep. 2026

In 2009, Chris Brown pleaded guilty to assaulting his then-girlfriend Rihanna. — Michael Saponara, Billboard, 16 Sep. 2026

Police in Barnstable, Massachusetts, on Cape Cod hope someone saw something that might help investigators in their search for a suspect accused of violently assaulting a man in his 70s. — Juli McDonald, CBS News, 16 Sep. 2026

The court heard how the former nurse, now 36, attacked babies in her care by administering air into their blood and stomachs, overfeeding them with milk, physically assaulting them and poisoning them with insulin. — Billy Stockwell, CNN Money, 15 Sep. 2026

Ibe, 30, appeared at Croydon Magistrates’ Court on Friday to be sentenced for assaulting a person thereby occasioning them actual bodily harm, and he was fined and sentenced to community service, according to BBC News. — Ali Rampling, New York Times, 4 Sep. 2026