assault
noun
a sudden, violent attack; onslaught.
unassaulted
-
a word derived from
assault.
Example Sentences
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I did my best not to give away anything of my exasperation on discovering that a task I had thought all but behind me was in fact still there unassaulted before me.
From "The Remains of the Day" by Kazuo Ishiguro
But the exquisitely chiseled face, the majestic gait, the elastic step—the beauty and glory of youth, unshaken because unassaulted by death and sorrow—where were they?
From Harper's New Monthly Magazine, No. 22, March, 1852, Volume 4. by
We then moved slowly past the town, unassaulted till we reached the farther corner, when the idiots had the temerity to fire again.
From Letters and Journals of James, Eighth Earl of Elgin by Eighth Earl of Elgin James
But the exquisitely chiselled face, the majestic gait, the elastic step—the beauty and glory of youth, unshaken because unassaulted by death and sorrow—where were they?
From Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 421 Volume 17, New Series, January 24, 1852 by William Chambers
And Mr. Hoopdriver retired, unassaulted, in almost sobbing dignity.
From The Wheels of Chance: a Bicycling Idyll by H. G. (Herbert George) Wells
