assault on
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- The general ordered a full-scale assault on the enemy's fortress.
- The new law was seen as a direct assault on civil liberties.
- He was arrested for a violent assault on a bystander.
- In her speech, she launched a fierce verbal assault on the government's failings.
- The final assault on the city began at dawn.
- This policy represents a serious assault on the principles of academic freedom.
- The report detailed a shocking assault on a prisoner by the guards.
- The documentary was a relentless assault on the senses, with its loud music and fast cuts.
- Hackers mounted a coordinated assault on the company's servers.
- There has been a recent wave of assaults on taxi drivers in the area.