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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
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as in attacked
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 assaulted
Footage circulating on social media showed supporters of the Maccabi Tel Aviv soccer team being chased down and assaulted on Thursday night, with one video geolocated by NBC News to near Amsterdam's central station that showed fighting on the streets between the Israelis and their attackers.
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Corky Siemaszko, NBC News, 8 Nov. 2024
One of the women claims she was assaulted at just 13 years old while attending an MTV Video Music Awards after-party in September 2000 by a 30-year-old Combs and an unnamed male celebrity while an unnamed female celebrity watched.
—Taijuan Moorman, USA TODAY, 21 Oct. 2024
He was assaulted by the ballerina from the Music Box but not taken possession of.
—Erik Kain, Forbes, 20 Oct. 2024
Two men and one woman claim Combs assaulted them in 2022.
—Nancy Dillon, Rolling Stone, 20 Oct. 2024
When the officers arrived and spoke to the other man, whose identity hasn't been publicly released, the man told them he had just been assaulted, and pointed to McAlpin across the street.
—Jeanine Santucci, USA TODAY, 18 Oct. 2024
Harris escorted the man out of the store, who then said he had been assaulted and pointed to McAlpin, who is Black, on the sidewalk, according to the report.
—Taylor Seely, The Arizona Republic, 17 Oct. 2024
In 2005, two years before Bailey’s murder, Broussard and a group of friends robbed and assaulted a man in San Francisco.
—Grant Stringer, The Mercury News, 17 Oct. 2024
Callis is said to have assaulted two 23-year-old men after the NFL game, police said.
—Rebecca Cohen, NBC News, 17 Oct. 2024
Corky Siemaszko, NBC News, 8 Nov. 2024
One of the women claims she was assaulted at just 13 years old while attending an MTV Video Music Awards after-party in September 2000 by a 30-year-old Combs and an unnamed male celebrity while an unnamed female celebrity watched.
—Taijuan Moorman, USA TODAY, 21 Oct. 2024
He was assaulted by the ballerina from the Music Box but not taken possession of.
—Erik Kain, Forbes, 20 Oct. 2024
Two men and one woman claim Combs assaulted them in 2022.
—Nancy Dillon, Rolling Stone, 20 Oct. 2024
When the officers arrived and spoke to the other man, whose identity hasn't been publicly released, the man told them he had just been assaulted, and pointed to McAlpin across the street.
—Jeanine Santucci, USA TODAY, 18 Oct. 2024
Harris escorted the man out of the store, who then said he had been assaulted and pointed to McAlpin, who is Black, on the sidewalk, according to the report.
—Taylor Seely, The Arizona Republic, 17 Oct. 2024
In 2005, two years before Bailey’s murder, Broussard and a group of friends robbed and assaulted a man in San Francisco.
—Grant Stringer, The Mercury News, 17 Oct. 2024
Callis is said to have assaulted two 23-year-old men after the NFL game, police said.
—Rebecca Cohen, NBC News, 17 Oct. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for assaulted
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The distribution of Pandas in a Pennsylvania public school district led to a 2005 district court decision that determined the school board had violated the Establishment Clause of the First Amendment.Samantha Riedel, Them, 4 Oct. 2024
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And can anyone even count at this point how many times characters on this show have violated HIPAA?Ryan Schwartz, TVLine, 4 Oct. 2024
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While on the ground, Evans is shot twice more with bean bag rounds and attacked twice by a police dog as Evans screams.Christian Martinez, The Mercury News, 14 Nov. 2024
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Roving gangs on scooters attacked and beat Israeli soccer fans in Amsterdam, the Dutch capital, overnight in an outburst of what authorities called antisemitic violence.Corky Siemaszko, NBC News, 8 Nov. 2024
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Combs then raped Doe as the other two celebrities watched, according to her lawsuit.Elizabeth Wagmeister, CNN, 21 Oct. 2024
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Alcala raped Shapiro and beat her with a metal bar.Monica Mercuri, Forbes, 21 Oct. 2024
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And in what many consider the final blow to her mayoral career, Thao’s home was raided by FBI agents in July.Kimmy Yam, NBC News, 13 Nov. 2024
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Police raided the boat in 1948 and seized cash machines, Funk Gotlib told me.Maggie Menderski, The Courier-Journal, 21 Oct. 2024
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“Assaulted.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/assaulted. Accessed 23 Nov. 2024.
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