What is "assaultive"

Usage examples of "assaultive".

He may have been mildly assaultive on one or two occasions, but before the escape he had never hurt anyone.

The patient was described as agitated, confused, physically assaultive, and unresponsive to the psychiatrist's mental status evaluation.

The radiologist recounted - with barely disguised irritation - how difficult it had been to administer the scan because of the patient's assaultive behaviour and stated that conducting an EEG wouldn't be advisable until the patient grew more cooperative.

But after the hearty breakfast I'd shared with Robin it was downright assaultive.

This man is not only very very sick, but I believe he is definitely a Potential Assaultive.

He knows how it feels before the assaultiveness comes on, is fighting to maintain control.

The other part is he’s already been assaultive and if something works for him, maybe it should be considered.

As they had been throughout Paul's own assaultive mental interrogation on the morning following the alleged canoe accident.

The laughter came in constant, raucous bursts that were sly and assaultive, very worrisome.

They say I am mad, but I am not mad-damn it, I've written and sold two million words of fiction and I know better than to start a story like that, but this isn't a story and they do say I'm mad-catatonic schizophrenia with assaultive episodes-and I'm not.