Definition of "assaulted" []

• Simple past tense and past participle of assault. (verb)

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• "His first instinct was to find her, but as he pulled his hand from his clothing, the wave of pain assaulted him once again, only to stop when he once more found the cloth wrapped bundle he had grasped unconsciously before."
• "John McCain assaulted Jeannette Jenkins, cousin of an American missing in South Vietnam since May of 1965, by backhanding her against the wall."
• "While I have not been able to get either the penguin or the seal in the story below to publicly comment, an off the record penguin who stated being a sibling to the penguin assaulted is that the victim in this case had subsequently begun working as a prostitute."