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assaultive

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as·saul·tive  (-sôltv)
adj.
Inclined to or suggestive of violent attack: "The reduction of cinema to assaultive images ... has produced a disincarnated, lightweight cinema that doesn't demand anyone's full attention" (Susan Sontag).
as·saultive·ly adv.
as·saultive·ness n.
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Adj.1.assaultive - disposed to attack
attacking
offensive - for the purpose of attack rather than defense; "offensive weapons"


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