Synonyms for assaults
as·saults

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1. List of paraphrases for "assaults":

   attacks, aggressions, assault, aggression, muggings

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1. Constable Ted Heap:

   What we are seeing on what appears to be a regular basis on the streets of Harris County has got to stop. It has got to stop. These are not assaults. These are not attacks. These are brutal, brutal murders, we have got to put an end to this.

2. Lory Manning:

   The number of reports could be due to more confidence that justice will be done, however it could also mean that more assaults are occurring — or both. The increase in reporting should not be spun as good news while sexual assaults continue unabated.

3. Jennifer Bonjean:

   We’re not totally surprised that when the New York state legislature decided to abolish the statute of limitations, it was going to lead to a number of stale allegations that are being revived, our position is that the statute is unconstitutional, because it revives claims that have been barred by the statute of limitation for a long time, and that it sets a very dangerous precedent, legally speaking, and not just in the context of old assaults.

4. Nastia Liukin:

   [Nassar’s] actions and assaults against my teammates, friends and other women are appalling and disgusting and I am so sorry they had to go through it alone.

5. Human Rights Watch:

   Afghan journalists face threats from all sides: government officials exploiting weak legal protections to intimidate reporters and editors to compel them not to cover controversial topics; the Taliban and other insurgent groups using threats and violence to compel reporting they consider favorable; and police and justice officials letting threats, assaults and even murders go uninvestigated and unprosecuted.