Sentence examples for prepared to assault from inspiring English sources

Somali pirates boarding the vessels, it said, were also "better armed than in previous years and prepared to assault and injure the crew".

Three men believed to be responsible for the Madrid train bombings blew themselves up inside an apartment house in Leganés, a working-class district of Madrid, as the police prepared to assault the building Saturday night, officials said.

Defense Secretary Robert Gates condemned what he called "loose talk" of bombing and said they were inviting "a big operation in a big country". Obama resisted them, until France and Britain began pushing for an intervention — and Gaddafi's forces prepared to assault Benghazi, the country's second-largest city.

Hundreds of additional American forces — including Special Operations troops, forward air controllers and artillery crews — moved into Syria to back up allied local forces as they prepared to assault Raqqa, which was the Islamic State's self-declared capital until its fall this month.

Then the 3rd Battalion prepared to assault Tanambogo.

They obligingly repeated to Burke that they had arrived to take the powder and weapons, and were prepared to assault the town.

This week, Kenyan officials said they were preparing to assault Kismayo, the last major town the Shabab control.

Now, commanders are preparing to assault Taliban sanctuaries in Helmand, relying on an American force in the province that is expected to nearly double next year as part of Mr. Obama's decision to send 30,000 more troops to Afghanistan.

British and French special forces are on the ground in eastern Libya, calling in air strikes and helping rebel units as they prepare to assault Sirte, the last coastal town still in the hands of pro-Gaddafi forces, a rebel officer has told the Guardian.

On February 25, the police began to prepare to assault the lodge.

"It became obvious to me and others that Berardino was preparing to assault Barsook," Miller wrote.