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Meanings of attacking in English
Synonyms
Examples for "assaultive"
Examples for "assaultive"
1
He would have a history of assaultive behavior and a low frustration level.
2
However, he does have an explosive, assaultive personality, so he could have committed lesser crimes.
3
Exposure to nonsexual assaultive trauma was associated with more excess moves made on the TOLT.
4
For each repeatedly assaultive patient, structured information, including incident reports, was obtained for all assault occasions.
5
In 92 percent of the incidents, the assaultive patient had a primary or secondary psychiatric diagnosis.
Usage of attacking in English
1
Opposition leaders have accused government forces of attacking civilians in the region.
2
They can turn quickly from a defensive situation to an attacking situation.
3
The regime will continue attacking one after another without difficulty, he said.
4
I saw injured soldiers and thugs attacking the security forces, he said.
5
If you attack the police, you are in fact attacking the state.
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On the other hand, we are no longer actively attacking the problem.
7
Antibiotics work by attacking a particular part of bacteria which causes disease.
8
First, the Egyptians had to agree that the problem was worth attacking.
9
JEM pulled out this year accusing the government of attacking its positions.
10
Trump administration officials have been attacking the 2015 nuclear deal for years.
11
She said she did not know Mr Giuliani's reasons for attacking her.
12
Pansare was known for attacking discrimination, superstition, caste politics and religious fundamentalism.
13
Having such deadly weapons was central to Sampdoria's highly successful counter-attacking strategy.
14
I don't like the way Cameron is always attacking the health service.
15
There have of course been wonderful attacking Mourinho teams in the past.
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RT and Russian diplomats accused the bank of attacking freedom of speech.
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Attacking across language varieties
South Africa
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Australia
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Ireland
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