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Discover LudwigThe phrase "a mild assault" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe an attack or aggression that is not severe or intense, often in a metaphorical sense.
Example: "The criticism he received felt like a mild assault on his character, but he managed to brush it off."
Alternatives: "a minor attack" or "a light offense".
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He was held for a month, but even though his previous girlfriend finally spoke out and testified he had beaten her too he managed to get his conviction reduced from GBH to "a mild assault" – and went on to sue the state for having treated him with indignity and for loss of work.
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- On Wednesday, prosecutors announced they had decided against charging LAPD Officer Mary O'Callaghan with manslaughter stemming from the 2012 death of Alesia Thomas instead they went with the milder "assault under color of authority" charge, which can bring a maximum of a year in prison.
- On Wednesday, prosecutors announced they had decided against charging LAPD Officer Mary O'Callaghan with manslaughter stemming from the 2012 death of Alesia Thomas – instead they went with the milder "assault under colour of authority" charge, which can bring a maximum of a year in prison.
Three subjects in the nbTBI group had experienced previous TBI (1 subject had 2 mild TBIs from an RTA and an assault, 1 a mild TBI from a fall, and 1 a TBI of unknown severity from an assault).
Lisi then starred with Tony Curtis in a mild comedy, Not With My Wife You Don't (1966), and Frank Sinatra in Assault on a Queen (1966), a tepid and fanciful movie about the Queen Mary liner being plundered by a submarine.
Only a mild exaggeration.
A mild complaint.
A mild collision.
"Or a mild radish".
"Ricotta is a mild flavor.
It was a mild inconvenience.
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