Used in a Sentence

assaulted

Definition, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for assaulted.

Editorial note

Generally mugging means you are physically assaulted and then your property is forcibly taken from you.

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Definitions1
Parts of speech1

Quick take

sexually abused

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of assaulted gathered in one view.

adjective

sexually abused

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for assaulted.

Example sentences

1

Generally mugging means you are physically assaulted and then your property is forcibly taken from you.

2

Their study assessed risk for being assaulted and then shot, a compound outcome event whose second element (being shot) is not inevitable given the first (being assaulted).

3

When some of your relatives/friends gets assaulted in the subway once by someone from north-african ancestry, it is a coincidence.

4

Or maybe sexually assaulted while sleeping, like the passenger of licensed Chicago taxi driver Tajamul Syed?

5

Horrible nasty flame wars would emerge with people being brutally assaulted online in every way imaginable.

6

It looks like he assaulted two women, and feels justified in dodging prosecution for, what he sees as, the greater good.

7

Defendant intentionally, falsely, and without privilege claimed to third parties that plaintiff had sexually assaulted her and subjected her to intimate partner violence.

8

Maybe he assaulted the officer in the kneecap with his groin.

9

I feel like that position can only be held by someone who has never actually been assaulted using real, actual violence.

10

At the end of World War I, black veterans returning to their homes were assaulted for daring to wear the American uniform.

11

I once lived next to a guy who drank a lot and who assaulted his older daughter when he drank too much.

12

Persons who were assaulted but not shot are not studied.

Quote examples

1

A Homejoy cleaner assaulted me while screaming "I'm late for a job you gotta let me in!" when I refused to let her tailgate in.

2

"Oh you were assaulted and blugeoned and put in the hospital?" well sorry we can't fit you in on the local news unless there's a real story here.

3

And if you get home and turn on the TV you're assaulted by the local news anchors with "news you can trust" or weather reports "you can count on", and when you ignore that your co-worker at work will just force it down your throat anyway, and you'll pretend to go along with it so as to have some minor smidgeon of false rapport, lest you come off as anti-social or..

4

It'll probably turn out that the border guards "followed procedure." But that's exactly the problem that makes the story frightening to us: The path from "long day + non-violent temporary failure of judgement" to "being physically assaulted and facing a life-altering felony charge" seems terribly short.

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use assaulted in a sentence?

Generally mugging means you are physically assaulted and then your property is forcibly taken from you.

What does assaulted mean?

sexually abused

What part of speech is assaulted?

assaulted is commonly used as adjective.