assaultive

US: (ə sôl′tiv)

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as•saul•tive  (ə sôl′tiv), adj. 

1. tending or seeming to assault;
   physically aggressive:
   the assaultive behavior of the inmates; the assaultive manner of some rock bands.

• assault + -ive 1950–55

as•saul′tive•ly, adv. 
as•saul′tive•ness, n.