assault
noun
a sudden, violent attack; onslaught.
has assaulted
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present perfectof assault (3rd person singular).present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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Since taking office last year, Mr. Buhari has begun a major push to rid the country of Boko Haram, which has assaulted northeastern Nigeria for years.
From New York Times ● Apr. 23, 2016
Secondary school educators are unsure and ill-trained when it comes to handling allegations that one student has assaulted another, which they are legally required to report to the police.
From US News ● Mar. 5, 2015
In a decade of implacable struggle to foist its Weltanschauung on Roman Cathoolics, Nazi Germany has assaulted the Church with lurid charges.
From Time Magazine Archive
Should I tell in how many forms the Devil has assaulted me, and with what subtlety and energy his assaults have been carried on, it would strike my friends with horror.
From Salem Witchcraft and Cotton Mather A Reply by Charles Wentworth Upham
