under assault

idiom

: being attacked or severely criticized

The city is under assault from enemy troops.

Their personal freedoms are (coming) under assault by the government.

He came under assault for his unusual beliefs.

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The suggestion was that by doing so the Center for Immigration Studies would give liberals reason to support hard-line immigration controls and perhaps also offer conservatives an avenue to fold global warming into their narratives of a country under assault. —

Abrahm Lustgarten, ProPublica, 19 Oct. 2024 United Airlines announced a $1.5 billion stock buyback plan, underscoring a seeming return to an investor focus not just at United but also at Southwest Airlines, which is under assault by a hedge fund. —

Ted Reed, Forbes, 16 Oct. 2024 Yet, Falwell claimed that the family was under assault—and not just by those advocating the Equal Rights Amendment, women in the workplace, and equal rights for LGBTQ Americans. —

TIME, 5 Sep. 2024 Cell phone towers, water pipelines, and electric power stations are similarly under assault. —

Vince Beiser, WIRED, 22 Aug. 2024 See all Example Sentences for under assault