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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
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as in attacking
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 assaulting
Martinez and Ruiz were present in court Wednesday and both have entered not guilty pleas to a federal charge of assaulting, resisting or impeding federal officers.
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Omar Jimenez, CNN Money, 6 Nov. 2025
Dunn is charged with assaulting, resisting, opposing, impeding, intimidating and interfering with a federal officer.
—Sydney Lake, Fortune, 5 Nov. 2025
Sean Dunn is facing charges of allegedly assaulting, resisting, opposing, impeding, intimidating and interfering with a federal officer, according to The Associated Press.
—Julia Bonavita, FOXNews.com, 5 Nov. 2025
The Riverside County District Attorney’s Office confirmed Haro also admitted to filing a false police report and assaulting a child under 8.
—Robert Birsel, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 Nov. 2025
In Louisiana, a youth leader confessed to drugging and assaulting three boys during a sleepover.
—Mike Hixenbaugh, NBC news, 30 Oct. 2025
She was charged with first-degree murder, second-degree child abuse, felonious assault and assaulting/resisting/obstructing a police officer, investigators said.
—Mike Stunson, Kansas City Star, 29 Oct. 2025
The candidate for Illinois’ Ninth Congressional District was indicted on charges of assaulting, resisting and impeding federal officers.
—Michael Loria, USA Today, 29 Oct. 2025
The indictment returned by the federal grand jury is skeletal in details, but more information is found in the federal civil rights lawsuit filed by Sodiq Folarin Amusat, the 29-year-old Black man Mangan is accused of assaulting, against Mangan and the city of Lawrence.
—Flint McColgan, Boston Herald, 29 Oct. 2025
Omar Jimenez, CNN Money, 6 Nov. 2025
Dunn is charged with assaulting, resisting, opposing, impeding, intimidating and interfering with a federal officer.
—Sydney Lake, Fortune, 5 Nov. 2025
Sean Dunn is facing charges of allegedly assaulting, resisting, opposing, impeding, intimidating and interfering with a federal officer, according to The Associated Press.
—Julia Bonavita, FOXNews.com, 5 Nov. 2025
The Riverside County District Attorney’s Office confirmed Haro also admitted to filing a false police report and assaulting a child under 8.
—Robert Birsel, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 Nov. 2025
In Louisiana, a youth leader confessed to drugging and assaulting three boys during a sleepover.
—Mike Hixenbaugh, NBC news, 30 Oct. 2025
She was charged with first-degree murder, second-degree child abuse, felonious assault and assaulting/resisting/obstructing a police officer, investigators said.
—Mike Stunson, Kansas City Star, 29 Oct. 2025
The candidate for Illinois’ Ninth Congressional District was indicted on charges of assaulting, resisting and impeding federal officers.
—Michael Loria, USA Today, 29 Oct. 2025
The indictment returned by the federal grand jury is skeletal in details, but more information is found in the federal civil rights lawsuit filed by Sodiq Folarin Amusat, the 29-year-old Black man Mangan is accused of assaulting, against Mangan and the city of Lawrence.
—Flint McColgan, Boston Herald, 29 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for assaulting
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Court records state that on June 4, 2024, X suspended Plummer’s original account for violating its rules against violent speech.—
Wren Smetana,
AZCentral.com,
25 Oct. 2025
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Brodie, whowas found guilty of violating American sanctions on Cuba in the early 2000s, was denied pardon by former President Joe Biden in 2023.—
Melanie Hicken,
CNN Money,
24 Oct. 2025
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Under the guidance of Julian Nagelsmann, Germany has rediscovered its attacking rhythm and pressing intensity, signaling a potential return to the elite.—
Ben Verbrugge,
MSNBC Newsweek,
6 Nov. 2025
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Immigration and Customs Enforcement has angered many Americans by wearing masks while on duty, attacking peaceful protesters and arresting mostly people with no criminal record.—
Tom Roland,
Billboard,
5 Nov. 2025
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Bijou Phillips wants to have her daughter's last name changed, dropping Masterson from it after her father, Danny Masterson, was convicted of raping two women in May 2023.—
Raechal Shewfelt,
Entertainment Weekly,
25 Oct. 2025
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The 49-year-old actor is serving time at North Kern State Prison in Delano, California, after being found guilty in 2023 of raping two women, a conviction that followed a high-profile retrial.—
Stephanie Giang-Paunon,
FOXNews.com,
25 Oct. 2025
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Under the administration of then-Mayor Michael Bloomberg, a 2008 crackdown on the area’s counterfeiters — with federal agents and police raiding 32 vendors selling knockoff luxury goods — led to $1 million worth of counterfeit goods being seized.—
Rosemary Feitelberg,
Footwear News,
22 Oct. 2025
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While many consider the mammal a nuisance for raiding garbage cans and damaging property, raccoons can also carry diseases, and they probably shouldn't be kept as housepets.—
Marina Johnson,
Louisville Courier Journal,
3 Oct. 2025
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In the predawn hours of October 31, FBI agents descended on the Detroit suburb where the men lived and detonated smoke bombs before storming into their homes.—
Mark Morales,
CNN Money,
5 Nov. 2025
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Stines, 44, was allegedly caught on security video storming into Mullins’ chambers before shooting him in an alleged courthouse ambush that rattled the Appalachian community.—
Sarah Rumpf-Whitten,
FOXNews.com,
30 Oct. 2025
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The man tried to escape, but the group followed him, knocked him to the ground and continued attacking him before robbing him of his watch and shoes, prosecutors said.—
Jennifer Rodriguez,
Miami Herald,
23 Oct. 2025
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The series also links Gein — who confessed to killing two women, robbing countless graves and making items of the body parts of his victims — to both the sensation about true crime stories and to many horror films that featured over-the-top killers.—
Victoria Edel,
PEOPLE,
20 Oct. 2025
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Over the past two months, JNIM has stepped up attacks on fuel supplies, ambushing tankers on the roads from Ivory Coast and Senegal.—
Tim Lister,
CNN Money,
2 Nov. 2025
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After ambushing Fuller at her mansion, Teddy and his accomplice/cousin Don (Aidan Delbis) knock her unconscious with a tranquilizer and load her into the backseat of her own car.—
Lauren Huff,
Entertainment Weekly,
29 Oct. 2025
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“Assaulting.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/assaulting. Accessed 7 Nov. 2025.
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