murderous attack
collocation in Englishmeaningsofmurderousandattack
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murderous
adjective
uk/ˈmɜː.dər.əs/us/ˈmɝː.dɚ.əs/
extremely dangerous and likely to ...
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attack
noun
uk/əˈtæk/us/əˈtæk/
a violent act intended to hurt or damage someone ...
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If there is amurderousattackupon a civilian, the offender is sent to prison.
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I rode with him into the market every morning, where he well knew that he was an easy object ofmurderousattack.
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They run constant danger ofmurderousattackupon their lives.
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It seeks to protect prison staffs, prisoners and anybody else who may be the victim of amurderousattackby any such person.
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It is always a perfectly justifiable act that a man who is anticipating somemurderousattackupon him should do what he can for his own defence.
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He was building a road for the civilian population as a peacekeeper when he and his colleagues were subjected to amurderousattack, which may constitute a war crime.
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One burned farmhouse that was restored in 1955 neighbours the old schoolhouse where the resistance had been using when themurderousattacktook place.
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Those responsible for these murderous attacks are likely to strike at random.
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I want to say a special word about the recent murderous attacks on members of the prison service.
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We all share the feelings of horror, revulsion and condemnation of these murderous attacks on innocent people.
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I deeply deplore this and other murderous attacks upon members of the prison service.
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Year after year in this country there are murderous attacks on prison officers by prisoners.
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I propose that we have a duty to safeguard those who are subject to criminal and murderous attacks.
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No matter how we tried to help them, threats, intimidation and murderous attacks took place and 22 of them paid with their lives.
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Naturally, one could not have expected that kind of attack on unarmed and small vessels, but now it appears that every vessel must be effectively armed to resist murderous attacks.
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Often in the townships, vicious and murderous attacks on mayors and councillors, policemen and policewomen, are directed against the agents of evolutionary change by the forces of revolution.
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