Assaultive
tending or seeming to ; physically aggressive:
the assaultive behavior of the inmates; the assaultive manner of some rock bands.
Historical Examples
I did not say that he had assaultive or homicidal potential.
Warren Commission (8 of 26): Hearings Vol. VIII (of 15) The President’s Commission on the Assassination of President Kennedy
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