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assault
[ uh-sawlt ]
noun
- a sudden, violent attack; onslaught:
an assault on tradition.
Synonyms: , , ,
- Law. an unlawful physical attack upon another; an attempt or offer to do violence to another, with or without battery, as by holding a stone or club in a threatening manner.
- Military. the stage of close combat in an attack.
verb (used with object)
- to make an assault upon; attack; assail.
assault
/ əˈɔː /
noun
- a violent attack, either physical or verbal
- law an intentional or reckless act that causes another person to expect to be subjected to immediate and unlawful violence Compare battery assault and battery
- the culmination of a military attack, in which fighting takes place at close quarters
- ( as modifier )
assault troops
- rape or attempted rape
verb
- to make an assault upon
- to rape or attempt to rape
Derived Forms
- ˈܱپ, adjective
- ˈܱٱ, noun
Other 51Թ Forms
- ·ܱa· adjective
- ·ܱİ noun
- dzܲt··ܱ verb (used with object) noun
- ԴDza·ܱ noun
- un·ܱa· adjective
- ܲa·ܱĻ adjective
51Թ History and Origins
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of assault1
Synonym Study
Example Sentences
FS1 executive producer of content Charlie Dixon, who has been accused of sexual battery in two lawsuits by former employees and of sexual assault in one of the lawsuits, is no longer with Fox Sports.
A jury has been shown video footage of a North Wales Police officer allegedly strangling and assaulting a man while he was carrying out an arrest.
Since its return to power in January, and over the last month, the Trump administration has launched an all-out assault on the press and news media.
Forrest was initially charged with assault to the danger of life for the attack.
"The biggest victory is a broken globalist media that finds itself too frayed to cover our assault on the institutions of America's oppression."
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