Synonyms of assaulting

assaulting

verb

present participle of assault

1

as in violating

to engage in sexual activity and especially intercourse with a person unwilling or unable to give consent

was registered as a sex offender after assaulting the victim

Synonyms & Similar Words

• violating
• raping
• forcing
• ravishing
• molesting
• date raping
• gang raping
• pawing
• deflowering
• defiling

2

as in attacking

to take sudden, violent action against

was found guilty of assaulting an officer

enemy forces assaulted the city

Synonyms & Similar Words

• attacking
• raiding
• storming
• robbing
• ambushing
• striking
• charging
• invading
• assailing
• swarming
• rushing
• turning (on)
• siccing
• trashing
• descending (on or upon)
• flying at
• besetting
• jumping (on)
• setting on
• going in (on)
• bushwhacking
• setting at
• tearing into
• pouncing (on or upon)
• setting upon
• going at
• pitching into
• beating up on
• besieging
• flanking
• bombarding
• rounding on
• sacking
• waylaying
• bombing
• battering
• mugging
• surprising
• mobbing
• ravaging
• lighting into
• plundering
• blitzing
• barraging
• nuking
• looting
• ganging up (on)
• pillaging
• bum-rushing
• buffeting
• beleaguering
• cannoning
• harrying
• enveloping
• overrunning
• cannonading
• plastering
• ambuscading
• banging away (at)
• pressing
• foraying

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• protecting
• covering
• defending
• securing
• guarding
• shielding

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of assaulting

The woman took a photo of the man from a distance, and detectives recognized him as the man suspected of assaulting two women with a traffic cone, police said. — Mark Price, Charlotte Observer, 2 Oct. 2026

Multiple women told police that Weinberg lured them to his home, almost always under the guise of a photo shoot, before restraining and assaulting them. — Sonja Sharp, Los Angeles Times, 1 Oct. 2026

The charges come days after the 50-year-old rapper’s former girlfriend, model and content creator Jazzma Kendrick, accused him of physically assaulting her. — Lisa Respers France, CNN Money, 1 Oct. 2026

Federal prosecutors in Texas have charged a Venezuelan delivery driver who was shot by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent earlier this month with assaulting a federal officer, according to court documents unveiled Tuesday. — Camilo Montoya-Galvez, CBS News, 29 Sep. 2026

The four officers were charged with making false arrests, planting evidence, using excessive force, falsifying police reports and assaulting people in west Oakland, a predominantly Black area. — ABC News, 29 Sep. 2026

During a recent walk-through with city officials, an encampment resident asked for help after witnessing people entering the encampment and assaulting and robbing residents. — Chicago Tribune, 24 Sep. 2026

The jury that last summer found Weinstein guilty of violently assaulting Haley inside his SoHo loft in 2006 reached the same conclusion as the initial set of jurors who heard allegations against him at his landmark #MeToo trial in 2020. — Molly Crane-Newman, New York Daily News, 23 Sep. 2026

At least three people were arrested for rioting, resisting arrest, assaulting a peace officer, or a combination of the charges. — Bonny Chu , Brooke Taylor, FOXNews.com, 21 Sep. 2026