How To Use Assailant In A Sentence

From the dark streets of the city, whether lit by a single streetlamp or brazenly flashing neon signs, to the desolate coastline, where Marlowe is first blackjacked by an unknown assailant, there is no safe haven from disorder and danger. Caught in the Crossfire: Adrian Scott and the Politics of Americanism in 1940s Hollywood
The victim was unable to give many details about her assailant because the attack was over in seconds.
According to first findings, the guard was shot down with eight or nine bullets from a machine gun fired by an unknown number of assailants who had approached him.
Rather Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko and former Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovych, both discernably more open to Russian influence than Yushchenko (who was poisoned by unidentified assailants on the occasion of his last run for President), will face each other in the runoff. Christopher Herbert and Victoria Kataoka: Foreign Affairs Roundup
Unlike the buccaneers, who had fired high to cripple their enemies above decks, the French fifed low to smash the hull of their assailant. Captain Blood

The loss of the barbican had also this unfortunate effect, that, notwithstanding the superior height of the castle walls, the besieged could not see from them, with the same precision as before, the operations of the enemy; for some straggling underwood approached so near the sallyport of the outwork, that the assailants might introduce into it whatever force they thought proper, not only under cover, but even without the knowledge of the defenders. Ivanhoe
In addition, those who make false claims usually say the assailant was unknown to them. Christianity Today
I grabbed my assailant, yelled very loudly and he dropped my phone. Times, Sunday Times
He said he left the house and ran around the block, which is shaped like a horseshoe, looking for the women's assailants.
Tiny though she was compared with her assailant, she fought like a wildcat.
A bolt struck one of the assailants in the neck and nearly decapitated him.
The assailant had been her boyfriend for a few years prior to the attack. Everyday Violence
No wonder he remained to be a stranger to everyone else for no one dared or risked taking a step into such a place filled with horrors and terrors that only the Shadow Assailant knew of.
The assailant was reportedly wrestled to the ground by a passing motorist. Times, Sunday Times
The age range of assailants further suggests that this was not a crime confined to young men.
An informer who denounces someone to the government to be killed, imprisoned, or even fined is likened to an assailant, since being arrested can be a dangerous and traumatic experience.
Through watery eyes, she squinted to see who her assailant was.
These various cries of the assailants, contradicting each other, showed their irresolution; while Richard, his foot still on the archducal banner, glared round him with an eye that seemed to seek an enemy, and from which the angry nobles shrunk appalled, as from the threatened grasp of a lion. The Talisman
From that shelter they suddenly appeared and began the attack, so that the guards were neither able to use the engine called the ballista (for these engines do not send their missiles except straight out), nor, indeed, could they ward off their assailants with their arrows, since the situation was against them on account of the large shields. Procopius History of the Wars, Books V. and VI.
Gardaí said the assailants wore balaclavas and motorcycle helmets and made their getaway on a black motorcycle.
Now the theory runs that one or more assailants killed the poor fellow in a two-day running fight.
Social hymenoptera, for example, will sting an assailant to their hive.
He bellowed in pain yet managed to struggle to his feet, fending off his assailant before collapsing. Times, Sunday Times
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UNRWA reported that yesterday (3 Feb 2009) Hamas armed assailants took at gunpoint 3500 blankets and 406 food parcels from the UNRWA distribution center at the beach refugee camp (Shati). The Volokh Conspiracy » Greenwald and Gaza
Eric obediently hands over his wallet; the drunk friend subsides into a stupor; but Ike Marcus gets "chesty," confronting their assailants with the brave and foolhardy formula "Not tonight, my man. In Priceland
I have been robbed at gunpoint only to watch the assailants walk away scot-free. At Veto Announcement, McGinn Says He’ll “Accelerate” Neighborhood Policing Even Without Additional Officers « PubliCola
Police said the assailants cornered him in the yard and ripped off two gold chains and a pendant valued $4,000.
Khan, (the Khasmahul's son-in-law,) and others of equal rank, all in loud terms admonished the assailants, and demanded the surrender of the children, but all were alike unheeded. A Journey through the Kingdom of Oude, Volumes I & II
Police said Tuesday that the people fatally shot on Christmas Day by a man dressed as Santa Claus included his estranged wife, their two teenage children and three other family members in what they described as a planned assault that ended when the assailant killed himself. Wife and Children Among Victims of Shooter in Santa Suit, Police Say
The alleged assailant was caught on a nearby beach and arrested. Times, Sunday Times
The importance here aligned to Babylon and her fall, the express mention of Elam and Media, _v_. 2, as her assailants, and the description of Jehovah's people as "threshed" point unmistakably to the last years of the exile, after the rise of Cyrus in 549, and before the fall of Babylon in 538, so that the passage cannot be from Isaiah. Introduction to the Old Testament
She was then grabbed from behind and assaulted by a mystery assailant.
In January, assailants sprayed the building with bullets, shattering doors and windows.
At the request of Mr Leesong trespass orders have been served on the assailant and her accomplice.
Hurrah!" shouted Seth Allport, his ringing voice making itself heard above the sound of the rushing water and the echoing chorus of the men's cheers; but, an instant after, his exclamation of delight was changed to one of dismay, as a flight of arrows and the ping of rifle bullets whistled around the party, while the dread war-whoop of their Indian assailants burst forth in all its shrill discordancy. Picked up at Sea The Gold Miners of Minturne Creek
Despite an intensive police search, neither the attacker nor his two assailants were found.
Investigators, who did not name the pair, arrested the alleged assailant after he handed himself in. The Sun
His alleged assailant is now on trial. Times, Sunday Times
She plots to make an exit from the village but, as she leaves, a mystery assailant attacks her. The Sun
By grots and caverns shagged with horrid shades, nay, in the midst of every tremendous assailant, "might pass on with unblenched majesty," uninjured and invulnerable. Lives of the Necromancers
The assailants, dressed in khaki pants and armed with AK-47 assault rifles, grenades and suicide vests, parked a gray Dodge sport-utility vehicle near the rear of the church. Survivors describe deadly attack on Baghdad church
Their assailants are not white racist cops or Klan nightriders but black males.
The city walls, grimly bastioned, ran in bold zigzags across the face of the steep in a way to daunt assailants. The Ontario Readers: Fourth Book
In my confusion I imagined, a moment before the assailants entered the Queen's apartments, that my sister was not among the group of women collected there; and I went up into an 'entresol', where I supposed she had taken refuge, to induce her to come down, fancying it safer that we should not be separated. Court Memoirs of France Series — Complete
Horror movie about a family trapped in their rural retreat and killed one after another by unknown assailants in Hallowe'en masks. Times, Sunday Times
If he had been blackjacked there would be the clue of the weapon, always likely to turn up, the chance of witnesses, and also the likelihood in an extreme case that Werner might not die at once, but might talk and give a description of his assailant, or even survive. The Film Mystery
The doctoral student was apparently attempting to change a flat tire when his assailant struck.
The authorities and assailants exchanged fire in a violent confrontation in which Cuenca and police officer Santiago Esparza Astorga were killed.
The film raises questions about the number of assailants. Times, Sunday Times
That law seems to be exclusively reserved for white assailants.
Police have issued a description and an artist's impression of the assailant.
The next edition of the paper described the assailant as five ten, two hundred pounds, heavy set, stocky.
He, along with another friend, Amandeep Singh, alias Lovely, identified Gurmeet Singh Pinky from amongst the assailants.
Hitting the ground with feline grace, he propelled himself to the right, gaining some distance from his assailant and ending the first round of combat.
Assailants from al-Qaida and the Pakistani Taliban Movement in Punjab province claimed responsibility, calling Bhatti an "infidel Christian. Kansas City Star: Front Page
Police have issued a description and an artist's impression of the assailant.
he described his mental picture of his assailant
It had fallen from its chain that hung around her neck as her assailant lashed out against her in a maddened frenzy.
PHAGWARA: The local police has arrested three alleged assailants including two brothers identified as Arvinder Singh@ Deepi his brother Parvinder Singh @ Pappal and Lakhwinder Singh @ Pappa all residents of local Gaushala bazar and their unknown accompliances on the charges of murdering a youth Vishal Bugga on Phagwara-Palahai road near local Kamla Nehru College for Women late last night. PunjabNewsline News
Wherfore, sith the necessitie with honour, and having dwelt comfortably at this and possessed of certain conclusions in respect of handsome painted glass. either the antiquaries highsouled assailant, caused the earth in that hic sapiens, de quo loquor, oculis quibus iste an eye, stood mace in hand. EXTRALIFE – By Scott Johnson - Sometimes this site gets crazy spam
A kind of hugger-mugger inquest produced a declaration that Clarke's death was not caused by the blow he had received from his assailant, and in consequence, "whereas a doubt had arisen in our royal breast," the King formally pardoned the murderer by royal {130} proclamation. A History of the Four Georges and of William IV, Volume III (of 4)
The upper part of the netting was weighted with kentledge, the pigs of iron used for ballast; so that, should the hardy assailants succeed in coming alongside and scaling the side, a few blows of an axe would let fall the heavily weighted nettings, sweeping the boarders into the sea, and covering boats and men with an impenetrable mesh, under which they would be at the mercy of the sailors on the frigate's decks. The Naval History of the United States Volume 1 (of 2)
Meanwhile, your assailant is into his second attack. Quote of the day: "...if you frighten easily, do not learn how to fence."
A week later, the assailant is still not under arrest. G20 - The best press photos - April Fools Day « POLICE INSPECTOR BLOG
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About 120 of the alleged assailants have been killed in the act by security forces. Times, Sunday Times
This issue finds Cinderella disarming the assailant that slipped into her room brandishing a knife, and after an exchange of pleasantries, readers discover her would be foe is actually Aladdin of the magic lamp (and ring) fame. Review: Cinderella: From Fabletown With Love #2 | Major Spoilers - Comic Book Reviews and News
But hardly had we sat down ere we heard the tom-toming of the kettledrum and tantara of trumpets and clash of cymbals, and the rattling of war men's lances, and the clamors of assailants and the clanking of bits and the neighing of steeds, while the world was canopied with dense dust and sand clouds raised by the horses 'hoofs. Tehran Winter
His assailant brought a boot down on his hand, and the sword twisted from his grasp.
As protesters with rainbow flags mourned the victims and condemned the homophobic sentiment assumed to be behind the attack, police hunted for the assailant.
Vince Burnet made a desperate effort to get free, but the combination of his assailant's knees and the jersey effectively imprisoned him, and, though he heaved and tossed and jerked himself, he could not dislodge the lad, who clung to him like Sinbad's old man of the sea, till he fell half exhausted in a thick bed of heather, where he was kept down to suffer a kind of roulade of thumps, delivered very heartily upon his back as if it were a drum. Cormorant Crag A Tale of the Smuggling Days
The assailant first rifled the till but there was nothing in it, so he took the collecting box and the manageress's handbag.
But should the worse-case scenario happen, Robert teaches women some fail-safe moves which would disable an assailant.
It remains unclear if the assailants were migrants. Times, Sunday Times
He was unable to recognize his assailant in the dark.
He king-hit me in the back," Mr Gibson, 66, said today after NSW police released video footage of the assailant. AustralianIT.com.au | Top Stories
They were not merely murdered; they were decapitated and the heads taken by their assailant.
According to the government, the last suicide bombing by the PKK was in 2008, when an assailant blew himself up at a police checkpoint in the Mediterranean city of Mersin and injured 13 police officers. Istanbul Explosion Leaves 32 Wounded
The scenes in which Kelly is held captive by a shadowy assailant create a real sense of fear by virtue of the juxtaposition of Kelly's sharply-lit, terror-stricken face and Lynch's completely shadow-covered one.
After fatally stabbing a Northwest D.C. man 30 times and leaving his naked body slung over his bed and drenched in bleach, the assailant used the victim's credit card to buy a soda at a nearby CVS and a ticket for a movie at a Silver Spring theater, a District homicide detective testified Friday. Man accused of fatally stabbing victim, using his credit card, held in D.C. jail
The assailant was wearing a hooded cloak and the setting sun had lengthened the shadow covering his face.
But he saw nothing of his assailant until a hand appeared above his face, and than his thought was, "What handsome cloth that overcoat is made of! The Sensation of Being Murdered
How people assume that the cop is always able to control an assailant. Mind The Gap « POLICE INSPECTOR BLOG
While the knights turned their horses, and rode back to the distance of about a hundred and fifty yards, Quentin, looking to the ladies, bent low on his saddlebow, as if desiring their favourable regard, and as they streamed towards him their kerchiefs, in token of encouragement, the two assailants had gained the distance necessary for their charge. Quentin Durward
He was unable to recognize his assailant in the dark.
The Egyptian ichneumon, when it sees the serpent called the asp, does not attack it until it has called in other ichneumons to help; to meet the blows and bites of their enemy the assailants beplaster themselves with mud, by first soaking in the river and then rolling on the ground. The History of Animals
The pair were attacked with knives before their assailants fled the scene.
Prison guards from the front and back stampeded their way to Diamond Joe and piled on top of him and the Slug until they formed two mounds of blue-uniformed bodies on top of the assailants.
Can you describe your assailant?
The Kshatriya, conversant with duties, that upholds righteousness when it is trespassed against, does not, by that act, become a sinner, for the wrath of the assailant justifies the wrath of the chastiser. The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 3 Books 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12
A hand grabbed his arm and he shook it loose, only turning to face his assailant when he heard a very definite female grunt.
Fired by anger and fear, I spun to face my assailant, acid demands on my lips - and the words died.
Hundreds of millions of viewers were captivated by the episode of Dallas in which the gleefully wicked millionaire oilman JR Ewing was shot by an unknown assailant while working late.
With a quick yank, he struggled to get the gun out but proceeded to hit his assailant alongside the head with it still in the holster.
This doctrine is subject to an exception in some jurisdictions: if your assailant is your legal coresident, some courts have held, you still must retreat if you can do so in complete safety. HOME COMFORTS
The assailant declared that his motive had been political. Times, Sunday Times
It flings its fine hairs in the face of the assailant, in a dense cloud.
Especially if the assailant is someone they actually LIKE? Things we were taught not to discuss in "polite" company...
The man was unloading his car when an unknown assailant grabbed him while an accomplice pulled cash out of his trouser pocket.
As I physically wrenched her assailant away from her, my sign was also grabbed and ripped up.
With nose serrulated by continuous spasms, hair bristling in recurrent waves, tongue whipping out like a red snake and whipping back again, ears flattened down, eyes gleaming hatred, lips wrinkled back, and fangs exposed and dripping, he could compel a pause on the part of almost any assailant. The Outcast
The boys attacked them with stones, and the reptiles quickly disentwined them - selves, and made battle for some time, by hissing at their assailants; one, more bold than the rest, advanced towards one of the boys, who fortunately killed it with a stone; it measured above four feet in length, and had several frogs in its belly. Omniana, or Horae otiosiores
All these peculiarities of his style have been parodied by his assailants.
His assailant, who escaped without any cash, was still on the loose this afternoon, and police were in the area making house-to-house inquiries.
Adventurers fighting an amphisbaena need to be doubly careful, since both heads are capable of attacking and even swallowing assailants with ease.
The assailant declared that his motive had been political. Times, Sunday Times
A few days later a senior RSS functionary was knifed to death by unknown assailants in the district.
Security sources said that the assailants used a saw to cut metal bars from the ship's railings. Times, Sunday Times
I can see how witnesses can get garments wrong, make assailants taller, and so on, but I really don't see how several witnesses can confuse going through the barrier with a ticket and hurdling it.
Her alleged assailants were caught by locals, who forced their way into the house where the attack took place and handed them to the police. Times, Sunday Times
The door wailed stridently as the assailants' gunfire intensifed.
Sullen (the name Th 'Cap'n blessed Her assailant with) turned down one of the many dingy alleyways and his' enforcers 'shoved the women after him. Cap'n Dyke, Lesbian Pirate Queen & Rogue Blogger
However, being of Afro-Caribbean origins, the assailant is clearly a victim of some sort, and suitable mitigation has been made on his behalf. No Alarms and No Surprises (2) « POLICE INSPECTOR BLOG
He bellowed in pain yet managed to struggle to his feet, fending off his assailant before collapsing. Times, Sunday Times
Pagonel turned his attention to the initial assailant, but the crossbowman was up and running, apparently wanting no part of the Jhesta Tu in open combat. Immortalis
The assailant is described as a Samoan or Pacific Islander in his late 20s, with a goatee and ponytail, who stands more than 6 feet tall and weighs more than 220 pounds. SFGate: Top News Stories
It reached down his back to his tail bone and he now scrutinized each of his friend's assailants with his bright red eyes.
The magistrate still insists he is confident of his assailant's identity.
The assailants appeared to have made initially for the first-floor dining room. Times, Sunday Times
NOUAKCHOTT (Reuters) - Unknown assailants attacked a group of Western tourists in the West African country of Mauritania Sunday, according to diplomatic sources in the capital Nouakchott. Latest News - Yahoo!7 News
Security sources said that the assailants used a saw to cut metal bars from the ship's railings. Times, Sunday Times
She died in a hail of bullets fired on Sunday by two assailants using assault rifles.
Most assailants are unprepared for this type technique and it takes them totally by surprise.
The Egyptian ichneumon, when it sees the serpent called the asp, does not attack it until it has called in other ichneumons to help; to meet the blows and bites of their enemy the assailants beplaster themselves with mud, by first soaking in the river and then rolling on the ground. The History of Animals
The French press has thus far been tactfully circumspect about the assailant's probable ethnic origin, but earlier that morning, the synagogue received this communication: Nous aurons la peau du rabbin Gabriel Farhi et vengerons le sang de nos frères palestiniens. Archive 2003-01-01
He leaped; a powerful thrust of his wings bore him away from his assailant.
A deep laughter coming from beside me completes the illusion of devilry, and in imagining my assailant images of animalistic ritual costumes spring to mind.
When danger threatens the forest, Athel Loren itself awakes to confront the assailant.
A fourth assailant was killed after fleeing to another nearby hotel. Times, Sunday Times
UPDATE 3 - I see from the Englishman that the Royal Marine who got kicked in the head during their attempt to win the Turner prize has said his assailant is a 'good mate'. Archive 2005-12-11
In the case of the Kalundu killing, the assailants must have been lurking in the vicinity waiting for their victim.
Despite an intensive police search, neither the attacker nor his two assailants were found.
The death toll would have been far worse but for the accidental detonation of an explosive device, which killed two of the assailants on a pavement. Times, Sunday Times
In these Apocryphal accounts, they appear as the molesters, assailants, and destroyers of men.
The victim put up a heroic struggle against his assailant.
The assailant was charged with trespassing, destruction of property and cruelty to animals.
The victim put up a heroic struggle against his assailant.
In an attack on the French lines the Allies were beaten off with loss, and the brave commander was left again unsuccoured in the face of his powerful assailant. A Popular History of Ireland : from the Earliest Period to the Emancipation of the Catholics - Volume 2
During the riots, the photograph of Ansari's tear-stained face begging for mercy from his assailants moved the nation.
Police believe jealousy may have been the motive behind the killing of a building decorator, shot dead by unknown assailants in his home.
He caught up a stick and struck out his assailant.
Her weapon was a set of red cheerleading pom-poms, with which she'd distract assailants before kung-fu kicking them.
His unknown assailant had taken him down with superb speed and incredible timing.
The doctoral student was apparently attempting to change a flat tire when his assailant struck.
It is common in knife attacks for such assailants to strike quickly and repeatedly.
The guard assigned to the U.S. ambassador shot at the assailants, and after a brief gun battle, the assassins were overcome.
He king-hit me in the back," Mr Gibson, 66, said tdoay after NSW police released video footage of the assailant. AustralianIT.com.au | Top Stories
Bystanders, assailants, and victims typically attributed deadly saloon brawls to violations of or challenges to the rules of plebeian culture.
_ Doubtless the fraudulent or utterly reckless debtor is, in the eye of reason, the first "wolfish" assailant of his brother. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Vol 58, No. 357, July 1845
This is a tale of a young woman named Alice Fell, a teenage American punker who has been having visions of the London Eye all her life (and before there was such a thing), so follows her vision to the UK and falls into a conspiracy that moves through secret societies (and shadowy assailants) all the way back to the origins of the Holy Grail myth. Feast Your Eyes...
Bepe's alleged assailant has since gone into hiding, but police said they knew who they were looking for and expected to make an arrest soon.
Their assailants were armed with knobkierries, assegais and machetes.
For those of you who are not familiar with this product, it is a less-than-lethal stun gun with two metal prongs designed to incapacitate an assailant with a shock of high-voltage, low amperage electricity while you flee to safety.
Then an unpremeditated confrontation developed - perhaps the people doing the tailgating took Mirecki getting out as a challenge or something - but Mirecki didn't put up much of a fight, and the assailants took off.
Upon his return, he is stunned to find Emily fatally wounded by an unknown assailant.
Soldiers escorting the truck returned fire, killing the assailants, the army said.
From the smell of the Peanut Butter Patties on her breath, I can tell without looking that my assailant is none other than Mary Jane “The Hammer” Macomber, long-time enforcer for the Greater Akron Girl Scout Council. A Night Ride With the Girl Scout Legbreakers
I cannot provide more details, but the police know who one of the assailants is.
The assailant is in the segregation unit. The Sun
Byron wrote that "nought so much the spirit calms as rum and true religion;" but this dictum is hardly confirmed in the case of Mr. Bence Jones's assailants, who number among them a minister of religion, as well as the irrepressible grogshop-keeper. Disturbed Ireland Being the Letters Written During the Winter of 1880-81.
I left my assailant slumped against the wall, gesturing uselessly at my disappearing back, entreating me not to go. LOVE YOU MADLY
The family dog, an American pit bull, was shot and killed in the attack after it jumped up and bit the assailant on the arm.
Groulx and the assailant "scuffled" for several minutes, and Groulx suffered a bloody knee and a bruised torso, he said, adding that he began punching and kicking back when he realized the man was unarmed. News
The angle of entry of the arrow indicates that the assailant was standing below his victim when he attacked.
The assailants fled after the attack, for which no militant group has claimed responsibility.
The death toll would have been far worse but for the accidental detonation of an explosive device, which killed two of the assailants on a pavement. Times, Sunday Times
The assailant declared that his motive had been political. Times, Sunday Times
Some of the assailants were known, and some even openly boasted of their acts.
In front of the stockade, but some considerable distance from it, and on the sloping land that was nigh to the beach, we had thrown up a kind of intrenchment, behind which we could kneel and fire, and under whose cover we hoped to be able to make a good account of assailants. Marjorie
Four assailants killed two policemen there in a three-hour shootout. Times, Sunday Times
The stalwart hammerman turned upon his assailant, and, wrenching a dagger from him, speedily overpowered him. James Nasmyth: Engineer, An Autobiography.
He did not use it to chase his assailant away, but without a word thumbed off the safety and shot the would-be thief dead in the head. Welcome to the Green Zone
He sheathed his sword quickly, bringing his pistols out and unleashing a hail of bullets at his assailant.
Knocking the man to his knees with blow to his head, Carl struck out a second time, using the gun handle again to incapacitate the last of his would be assailants with a hard blow to his skull.
I grabbed my assailant, yelled very loudly and he dropped my phone. Times, Sunday Times
He was immune to the criticisms of his assailants.
Projectiles are any items that can be thrown or projected into the face or path of an assailant to distract him, make him flinch, or to affect his eyesight momentarily.
It was not known if the governor was wounded by gunfire from the assailant or from shots fired afterward.
The club's lights had been tampered with by the assailants and many were crushed in the rush for the exits.
In the latest incident in the Mau forest, Cheruyot says "assailants tried to kill" Ogiek land rights activist James Rana.
When reading about Patience in the Guide, His Holiness spoke of a man he met in Northern Ireland who had been shot and blinded who, completely without animosity to his assailant, displayed the kind of forbearing patience to which Shantideva refers. Shantideva's Compendium of Precepts (Laptu) and A Guide to the Bodhisattva's Way of Life (Chod-jug
He quickly picked apples from the boughs of the tree, throwing them forcefully down upon the heads of his assailants.
They didn't chase my assailants but helped me to my feet, solicitously enquiring after my health.
It also appears the assailant was wearing a jacket the night of the assault.
One assailant grabbed him and got him in a headlock while an accomplice pulled the wallet out of his trouser pocket.
The paper said security forces were unable to capture the assailants but managed to recover abandoned weapons and military uniforms.
A commander and two of his fighters were injured while two of their assailants were killed. Times, Sunday Times
Cops said the other assailant was killed. The Sun
She may have put up a fight to try to ward off her assailant.
Grasping the assailant's wrist and armpit he threw him over his shoulder but, hampered by his backpack, the throw was not clean.
However we see enough to make it clear that the assailant can have no grounds for claiming reasonable force - the assailant is obviously not defending themselves or defending anyone or anything else. G20 - The best press photos - April Fools Day « POLICE INSPECTOR BLOG
One player pulled out his handgun and killed an assailant? Times, Sunday Times
Such, for instance, was the estimable man to whom I have repeatedly referred as a warm defender of tractoration, and a bitter assailant of its enemies. Complete Project Gutenberg Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. Works
The prosecutor said a machete-like knife had been used in the attack with the video showing one of the assailants thrusting three stabs at the victim.
Other circumstances in which rape may have occurred without DNA being present in the victim include the assailant having had a vasectomy, failed to ejaculate, or is azoospermic a shmancy word that means his semen does not contain spermatozoa. Experts answer: What Does DNA Evidence Prove?
His alleged 14-year-old assailant was arrested and bailed. Times, Sunday Times
Buford's assailant was never apprehended, and he theorized that the hitchhiker was a "wanted man" who had panicked when he realized that he had crawled into a car with a lawman. The Twelfth Of August -The life story of Sheriff Buford Pusser
He bellowed in pain yet managed to struggle to his feet, fending off his assailant before collapsing. Times, Sunday Times
Tragedy strikes when Sam is killed by an assailant on a New York street.

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