assaultive. The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000.

The American Heritage^® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000.

assaultive

SYLLABICATION:	as·saul·tive
PRONUNCIATION:	-sôltv
ADJECTIVE:	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, New York Times Magazine February 25, 1996).
OTHER FORMS:	as·saultive·ly —ADVERB as·saultive·ness —NOUN


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