as in aggressive
feeling or displaying eagerness to fight
with viciously assaultive prose the writer takes on her critics
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Recent Examples of assaultive
Unlawful activity including blocking roads, intentionally creating hazards and assaultive behavior will not be tolerated.
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Sophia Compton,
FOXNews.com,
2 Mar. 2026
Chief Judge James Boasberg ruled in two more surge cases involving Paul Nguyen and Nathalie Rose Jones, each accused of assaultive or threatening conduct during summer protests.
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Kaelan Deese,
The Washington Examiner,
5 Nov. 2025
Corigliano’s symphony is assaultive in style and confrontational in intent.
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Alex Ross,
New Yorker,
6 Oct. 2025
But attorney Gabi Silver, who previously represented one of the men in the original case before Hartig, said the judge made the appropriate call for a low-level, non-assaultive felony case against a client with no prior criminal record.
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Darcie Moran,
Freep.com,
30 Aug. 2025
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Sophia Compton,
FOXNews.com,
2 Mar. 2026
Chief Judge James Boasberg ruled in two more surge cases involving Paul Nguyen and Nathalie Rose Jones, each accused of assaultive or threatening conduct during summer protests.
—
Kaelan Deese,
The Washington Examiner,
5 Nov. 2025
Corigliano’s symphony is assaultive in style and confrontational in intent.
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Alex Ross,
New Yorker,
6 Oct. 2025
But attorney Gabi Silver, who previously represented one of the men in the original case before Hartig, said the judge made the appropriate call for a low-level, non-assaultive felony case against a client with no prior criminal record.
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Darcie Moran,
Freep.com,
30 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for assaultive
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The goal is gentle smoke and indirect heat rather than aggressive flames.
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Right now, the multi-trillion-dollar global apparel industry is undergoing an aggressive technological shift, adopting artificial intelligence as a production standard rather than an experimental pilot.
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Yet Piker himself has followed the DSA’s militant line, repeatedly praising authoritarian regimes such as China’s, Cuba’s, and Russia’s, as well as terrorist groups such as Hamas and Hezbollah.
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There are also concerns that fighting between Israel and the Hezbollah militant group in Lebanon could escalate once more and derail future talks.
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And until a Black commentator is held responsible for making openly hostile remarks about White people, nothing will change.
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For example, in March, the crypto exchange Kraken put its multibillion‑dollar IPO on hold amid hostile market conditions, according to CoinDesk.
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“Assaultive.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/assaultive. Accessed 6 Jul. 2026.
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