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assaultive

[uh-sawl-tiv]

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adjective

tending or seeming to assault; physically aggressive: the assaultive behavior of the inmates; the assaultive manner of some rock bands.

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Origin of assaultive

First recorded in 1950–55; assault + -ive

Related formsas·saul·tive·ly, adverbas·saul·tive·ness, noun

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Examples from the Web for assaultive

I did not say that he had assaultive or homicidal potential.
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