Attacking
Attacking adjective - Disposed to attack.
Hurt and attacking are semantically related. in assault physically topic. In some cases you can use "Hurt" instead a verb "Attacking".
Both words in one sentence
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Attack Its Weak Point: George can only be hurt by attacking the scars on his back; Kaysen's third phase can only be hurt by attacking the doll of himself.
Source: Videogame / Deadly Premonition -
Lampshaded by Bass, who realizes that he needs to hurt or threaten others to unlock Mega Man's true power, but instead of attacking Roll he bombs a city.
Source: Manga / Mega Man Megamix -
Alternately, the attacker might not be a good guy, but is still not exactly evil, and does not want to hurt whoever they're attacking.
Source: Apologetic Attacker
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