Assault and Protest

Assault

Assault verb - To engage in sexual activity and especially intercourse with a person unwilling or unable to give consent.

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Protest and assault are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Protest" instead a verb "Assault".

Nearby Words: assaulted, assaulting, assaulter

Protest verb - To state as a fact usually forcefully.

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Assault and protest are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Assault" instead a verb "Protest".

direct	direct assault	direct protest
initial	initial assault	initial protest
painful	painful assault	painful protest
actual	actual assault	actual protest
Other adjectives: entire, successful, constant, violent, massive, huge, major, outright, sudden, terrorist.

In the last story arc, the City Center police assault on a student protest is pretty evocative of Kent State.

Source: Comic Book / Transmetropolitan
The Big Bad in Doctor Zhivago sports a scar down half his face, received during the Cossack assault on the protest early in the film, and the book.

Source: Good Scars, Evil Scars
She accuses him of leaving her for Leah, although both he and Leah protest that isn't the case, but he can't give a satisfactory explanation of why he did do it.Kyrian returns with his army for a second assault on Ral Vraxan, this time revealing his full power.

Source: Literature / Arc Of Fire

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