Assaultive
tending or seeming to ; physically aggressive:
the -ssaultive behavior of the inmates; the -ssaultive manner of some rock bands.
historical examples
i did not say that he had -ssaultive or homicidal potential.
warren commission (8 of 26): hearings vol. viii (of 15) the president’s commission on the -ss-ssination of president kennedy
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