Assaults

Word ASSAULTS
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Definitions and meanings of "Assaults"

What do we mean by assaults?

A violent onset or attack with physical means, for example blows, weapons, etc.

A violent onset or attack with moral weapons, for example words, arguments, appeals, and the like

An attempt to commit battery: a violent attempt, or willful effort with force or violence, to do hurt to another, but without necessarily touching his person, as by lifting a fist in a threatening manner, or by striking at him and missing him.

The crime whose action is such an attempt.

An act that causes someone to apprehend imminent bodily harm.

The tort whose action is such an act.

A non-competitive combat between two fencers.

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The word "assaults" in example sentences

In Florida, which leads the country in assaults on homeless people, groups like the Anti-Defamation League have opposed recognizing those attacks as a hate crime. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Their findings are quite striking, and they report large rises in assaults, vandalism, and disorderly conduct on game days. ❋ Unknown (2008)

However, in spite of the beautiful woman who insists she wants to help him and the assaults from the assorted rabid minions, Jon and Lobo agree rescuing the child is the mission. ❋ Unknown (2008)

These go beyond anything contemplated when Britain faced far more regular - and no less violent - assaults from the IRA. ❋ Unknown (2008)

We were now intervening in assaults rather than arriving five minutes after the event. ❋ Inspector Gadget (2007)

We were intervening in assaults and disorder as it happened and taking the offender away. ❋ Inspector Gadget (2007)

In the past year, there has been a increase in assaults on passengers in taxis. ❋ Unknown (2007)

Baja tourists face uptick in assaults, robberies Reports of violent armed robberies are scaring some longtime visitors away from the popular vacation spot. ❋ Unknown (2007)

Tootoo's play prompted a stream of verbal assaults from the Blues, and things were settled things in the second period when he fought Jamal Mayers at center ice. ❋ Unknown (2006)

Some estimates show an increase in assaults by pupils on teachers over the last year of 20%. ❋ Laban (2004)

His name assaults you in an oversize pink-and-black font that could have been ripped from a Def Leppard album cover. ❋ Unknown (2006)

Responding Thursday to questions about motives, City Commonwealth’s Attorney Dave Chapman said some envy-based resentment against UVa students was one of “a variety of different motives” present among the teenagers attacking the students in assaults near Rugby Road’s Beta Bridge. ❋ Unknown (2002)

The law requires specific evidence to convict individuals of hate-crimes charges, or any other offense, and the evidence in these assaults is that motivations other than race were primary and provable. ❋ Unknown (2002)

Some say the tone of recent and ongoing community discussions sparked by the assaults is masking the real issue: that people were attacked, randomly, on city streets. ❋ Unknown (2002)

Ms. Bates believes the way to stop the assaults is for the community and UVa to get together. ❋ Unknown (2002)

Throughout the 1980s, courts considered questions of immunity and police liability in a variety of arenas, including, but certainly not limited to, issues of domestic violence. 94 In addition to the domestic violence cases discussed here, these cases also considered subject matter ranging from duties of police at the scene of traffic accidents95 to police obligation to protect a rape victim from future assaults from the same assailant96 to police role in preventing a shootout at a bar,97 and more. 98 ❋ Unknown (2008)

CB: Has it occurred to anybody that perhaps a rise in assaults on gay people could be attributable to the gay community believing, apparently rightly so, that they have the full force of the law behind them at the expense of other’s rights? ❋ Unknown (2010)

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