Sentence examples for catastrophic assault from inspiring English sources

How a few men mounted a catastrophic assault on America, even as another group of men and women tried desperately to stop it.

But just as he's about to make his catastrophic assault on Casey, he sees that her body is scarred (it's unclear whether the scars are the result of torture or of self-inflicted wounds) and stops himself, telling her, "You are different from the rest".

In its simplest terms, this is the story of how a small group of men, with a frightening mix of delusion and calculation, rose from a tormented civilization to mount a catastrophic assault on the world's mightiest power, and how another group of men and women, convinced that such an attack was on the way, tried desperately to stop it.

The stage had been set for the Communists' catastrophic assault on the missionary enterprise during the Civil War period (1946 1949) and the expulsion of virtually all foreigners in the early 1950s.

Finally, as the nation hovered at the edge of default, a mechanism was agreed upon that met the demands of those whose votes were key to preventing a catastrophic assault on the good faith and credit of the U.S. government.

For the 4.9 million households, 1.3 million with children, with no cash income who rely only on SNAP to keep the wolves of hunger from their doors, these cuts would be a catastrophic assault.

Unthinkable events — be they catastrophic assaults by nature or acts of barbarism — are easier to tolerate if there is a countervailing narrative, a glimmer of hope.

You know that it's only a matter of time before we hear about the next catastrophic system assault.

While a small-bore attack may be organized by a Qaeda wannabe at some point, a catastrophic mass-casualty assault anything along the lines of 9/11 is no longer plausible.

In the broadest view, Isis seems the product of a catastrophic war – the Anglo-American assault on Iraq.

The morning brought revelations of how far the Valley fire had spread, and renewed hopes that an aerial assault against the catastrophic fire would resume, even as it threatened to re-burn homes already ravaged once.