assaults
Charges against someone
Assaults is the plural of assault—physical attacks or aggressive actions against someone.
Legal contexts distinguish degrees: simple assault may involve threats, while aggravated assault involves weapons or serious injury.
The word extends to intense experiences that feel like attacks: an assault on the senses, assaults on democracy.
As a verb form: He assaults anyone who disagrees with him.
Aggressive hostile actions
- beatingsStrikes delivered repeatedly
- batteryPortable electricity storage
- blowsStrikes or expels air
- violenceHarmful physical force
punches · strikes · muggings · aggression · brutality · wounds · injuries · force
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- violationBreaking of rules
- abuseCruel or violent treatment
- harassmentAggressive, unwanted targeting
- consentVoluntary agreement given
survivor · predator · misconduct · groping · trauma · reporting · prosecution · victim
Sustained projectile assault
- barrageSustained, overwhelming attack
- onslaughtFierce, overwhelming assault
- overwhelmDefeat by excess
- cacophonyHarsh, clashing sounds
blaring · glaring · pungent · jarring · offensive · overpowering · intense · relentless
Amounts owed or alleged
- criminalPerson who breaks laws
- felonySerious criminal offense
- misdemeanorLesser criminal charge
- indictmentFormal charge from jury
prosecution · defendant · conviction · sentencing · aggravated · simple · intent · bodily harm
Aggressive military operations
- raidsSudden armed attacks
- invasionsArmed entries into territory
- operationsPlanned systematic activities
- campaignsOrganized efforts toward goals
bombardments · sieges · storming · advances · incursions · breaches · amphibious · airborne
attacks
Aggressive hostile actions
violence · punches · strikes · muggings · aggression · brutality · wounds · injuries · force · harm
rape
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- violationBreaking of rules
- abuseCruel or violent treatment
- harassmentAggressive, unwanted targeting
consent · survivor · predator · misconduct · groping · trauma · reporting · prosecution · victim · coercion
bombardment
Sustained projectile assault
cacophony · blaring · glaring · pungent · jarring · offensive · overpowering · intense · relentless · harsh
charges
Amounts owed or alleged
- criminalPerson who breaks laws
- felonySerious criminal offense
- misdemeanorLesser criminal charge
indictment · prosecution · defendant · conviction · sentencing · aggravated · simple · intent · bodily harm · plea
offensives
Aggressive military operations
- raidsSudden armed attacks
- invasionsArmed entries into territory
- operationsPlanned systematic activities
campaigns · bombardments · sieges · storming · advances · incursions · breaches · amphibious · airborne · infantry
- crime datacrime trends, arrest rate, incarceration rate, violent crime rate, property crime
- criticismscriticizes, disparages, condemns, denounces, censures
- Petersburg CampaignPetersburg, trenches, trench warfare, siege warfare, siege lines
assaultsdefends
Acts to protect
protects · defenses · shields · guards · safeguards
assaultsretreats
Backs off or sanctuaries
withdraws · falls back · flees · surrenders · capitulates
- sexual assaultForced sexual contact crime
- assault riflesSelective-fire infantry firearms
- physical assaultHarmful bodily contact
- assault chargesCriminal accusations for attacking
- assault weaponMilitary-derived firearm for civilians
- unexpected assaultSudden unprovoked violence