violent attack

collocation in English

meaningsofviolentandattack

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violent
adjective
uk
/ˈvaɪə.lənt/us
/ˈvaɪə.lənt/
using force to hurt ...
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attack
noun
uk
/əˈtæk/us
/əˈtæk/
a violent act intended to hurt or damage someone ...
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(Definition ofviolentandattackfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofviolent attack

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These are stray, but reported incidents ofviolentattack, to which one can easily add scores of incidents that may have gone unreported.
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We surmised that the ceremonial area was abandoned after aviolentattack.
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He would undoubtedly do so if the law were amended, but undoubtedly his meetings would still be the subject ofviolentattack.
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He made aviolentattackon the hovercraft.
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I am not going to follow the speaker who made aviolentattackon the shipowners.
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He made aviolentattackupon me for turning the local authorities into slum landlords.
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It can leave just as bad a scar as anyviolentattack.
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Aviolentattackhas been made to-night upon the hereditary system.
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Aviolentattackwas made on the prison vans and had to be repelled by force.
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I can understand the frustrations which the police feel and the risks they now face ofviolentattack.
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It has not been my aim to make aviolentattackon nationalization.
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She and the family believe that he may be dead as a result of aviolentattack; no one quite knows.
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It is aviolentattack, if you like by ridicule and satire, on the institution of democracy, and not on the individual.
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It dealt with aviolentattackin all its horrors upon this country.
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It is an outrage that those who are doing vital work on behalf of all sectors of society are subjected toviolentattack.
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That situation is quite different from the recent incident where off-duty soldiers made aviolentattackupon a civilian.
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But to wind up a debate does not mean that one makes aviolentattackupon an individual.
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Against that, it must be emphasised that aviolentattackis a crime, whoever commits it and against whomever it is committed.
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Therefore, the mostviolentattackmade upon the whole basis of these proposals only a few weeks ago has sunk, it has gone.
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Talking of crisis and raising the spectre ofviolentattacklurking around every street corner demoralises our communities and demoralises the police.
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