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Meanings of unprovoked assault in English

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Usage of unprovoked assault in English
1
Utterly unprovoked assault, with three of their number dead as a result.
One night stands & lost weekends
2
Gardai are investigating a serious unprovoked assault in Blanchardstown on Thursday morning.
The Irish Times
3
He says he always gives fourteen days in cases of unprovoked assault.
Malvina of Brittany
4
As in previous years, the highest number of calls related to unprovoked assault.
The Irish Times
5
It was an unprovoked assault, and she resented it fiercely.
Rosa Mundi and Other Stories
6
He has committed a violent and unprovoked assault on me.
The Night-Born
7
The Camanches realize the disadvantages of unprovoked assault with no rules of warfare agreed upon beforehand.
St. Nicholas, Vol. 5, No. 4, February 1878
8
You said that it was an absolutely unprovoked assault of the gangs of Kelly and House.
The Conflict
9
You are all witnesses to this unprovoked assault.
The Grey Cloak
10
He denied carrying out an unprovoked assault.
The Irish Times
11
His solicitor says the player was not drunk and was the innocent victim of an unprovoked assault.
The Guardian
12
It was an unprovoked assault, and the magistrate described the accused as a perfect danger to the community.
The People of the Abyss
13
On the other hand, the Allies pronounced the German invasion of Belgium an unprovoked assault, and produced countertestimony.
The Story of the Great War, Volume III (of 12) / The War Begins,...
14
The Police Service of Northern Ireland has appealed for witnesses to what appears to have been an unprovoked assault.
The Irish Times
15
In the aftermath of Sunday's deaths, witnesses said the police's attack was an unprovoked assault on people holding tickets.
The Guardian
16
Gardaí have confirmed they are investigating an unprovoked assault on the son of the Minister for Justice, Mr McDowell.
The Irish Times
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