"However, our increasingly open and unapologetic existence has triggered hostility and made us a more identifiable target for potential assailants."

Almost any shark six feet or longer is a potential assailant, but three species have been mainly implicated: the great white, bull shark and tiger.

Officers working in high-crime precincts often liken their neighborhoods to war zones, where any passer-by is a potential assailant.

If things get a little hairy and you can't extracate yourself, then shout and scream like a banshee at your potential assailant.

Aggressive panhandlers are translated into potential assailants.

If you can, then, at the first encounter with a potential or actual assailant, act with firmness and self-assurance.

How will we prevent potential assailants from getting weapons without better background checks?

It was too unnerving for the teachers not to be able to identify potential assailants.

His aggressive swagger let potential assailants know he was no easy target.

After an anxious dash up the dark staircase and a scamper down a hallway where every shadow became a potential assailant, I finally got there.