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ASSAULTIVE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does assaultive mean?
• ASSAULTIVE (adjective)
The adjective ASSAULTIVE has 1 sense:
1. disposed to attack
Familiarity information: ASSAULTIVE used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Disposed to attack
Synonyms:
assaultive; attacking
Similar:
offensive (for the purpose of attack rather than defense)
Derivation:
assault (attack in speech or writing)
assault (attack someone physically or emotionally)
assault (force (someone) to have sex against their will)
Context examples
A disorder characterized by recurrent episodes of serious assaultive acts or destruction of property due to a failure to resist aggressive impulses; the degree of aggression during these episodes is grossly out of proportion to any psychosocial provocation.
(Intermittent Explosive Disorder, NCI Thesaurus)
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