"Violent assault" refers to a physical attack or act of aggression that causes harm or injury to another person. It involves using force or violence against someone, typically resulting in pain, injury, or fear. Full definition
The name can refer to any type of violent assault. (internetsafety.ie)
This often violent assault on the senses — through sound, as much as image — obliquely brings about an understanding of the lives of others whose connection to our own is not always apparent. (artlyst.com)
These were writ large all over the audio and visual footage of the riots — verbalisations of entitlement to take what one wants, anti-social beliefs that the police are legitimate targets for violent assault, feelings of exhilaration and excitement from destroying with impunity. (politics.co.uk)