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assaultive
(ə-sôlˈtĭv)
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).
Related Forms:
- as·saulˈtive·ly adverb
- as·saulˈtive·ness noun
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