The phrase "abrupt assault" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a sudden and unexpected attack, whether physical or metaphorical, in various contexts such as literature, news articles, or discussions about violence.
Example: "The sudden and abrupt assault on the peaceful protest caught everyone off guard, leading to chaos in the streets."
Alternatives: "sudden attack" or "unexpected strike".
Watching the gathering protests and escalating anger in Texas, Ohio and North Carolina these past two weeks, where women's reproductive rights have been assaulted in abrupt, sneaky and heinous ways that no frogs could sleep through, has given me hope that people are paying more attention.
But in an abrupt reversal after retaking office, Smith changed his position on assault weapons and the NRA ran a negative campaign against him in the next election, leading in part to Sanders' election to the House.
On Tuesday, she met at the fund's headquarters in Washington with employees still shaken by the abrupt resignation of her predecessor, Dominique Strauss-Kahn, after he was charged with the sexual assault of a hotel maid.
Cummings and other local residents say they regard the abrupt transformation of the quiet retreat into a rock music venue as an assault on their traditions and culture, and on a wildlife corridor that is home to rare plants and traversed by imperiled creatures, including desert tortoises and bighorn sheep.
Mr Santorum's rise in Tennessee's polls, like his rise nationally, has been abrupt, and it remains to be seen next week whether he can survive a full-frontal assault from Mr Gingrich.Primaries in Alabama and Mississippi follow Super Tuesday by a week; but whether Mr Gingrich or Mr Santorum prevails there an unpleasant geographical split looms for the Republicans.
Fears that it might presage attacks on other companies seem confirmed by this week's news of an abrupt tax claim on VimpelCom, a telecoms firm.Worse, it seems increasingly clear that the assault on Yukos was motivated in part by the desire of Mr Putin's associates in the Kremlin to enrich themselves.
For example, last week the LAPD chief said that Latino reporting of sexual assault and domestic violence had plunged since the beginning of the year, and he linked the abrupt change to deportation fears among undocumented communities.
An Entertainment, from 1990, remains piercingly new with its violently abrupt clips of Mr Punch magnified on four vast screens that enclose the viewer in a devastating cycle of assault and battery, with Punch's demonic repetitions "Nasty baby!
