Assaults
Fights
Mutual synonyms
Both words in one sentence
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Batman only fights Killer Croc, and assaults both Clayface and Dr. Destiny.
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Billy Butcher of The Boys served in the Falklands, and apparently did not come back entirely sane - after his return, he is shown starting fights with strangers, or even his own friends, for absolutely no reason; one of his assaults gets him court-martialled.
Source: Useful Notes / The Falklands War -
Alexis Carew: Into the Dark: Alan sexually assaults Alexis while drunk, but she fights him off, then, not wanting to see him hanged, lies to the bosun and the captain that his injuries were sustained in a fall.
Source: Redemption Equals Death
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