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assault

[ uh-sawlt ]

noun

  1. a sudden, violent attack; onslaught:

    an assault on tradition.

    Synonyms: , , ,

  2. 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.
  3. Military. the stage of close combat in an attack.


verb (used with object)

  1. to make an assault upon; attack; assail.

assault

/ əˈɔː /

noun

  1. a violent attack, either physical or verbal
  2. 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
    1. the culmination of a military attack, in which fighting takes place at close quarters
    2. ( as modifier )

      assault troops

  3. rape or attempted rape
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

verb

  1. to make an assault upon
  2. to rape or attempt to rape
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˈܱپ, adjective
  • ˈܱٱ, noun
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Other 51Թ Forms

  • ·ܱa· adjective
  • ·ܱİ noun
  • dzܲt··ܱ verb (used with object) noun
  • ԴDza·ܱ noun
  • un·ܱa· adjective
  • ܲa·ܱĻ adjective
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of assault1

First recorded in 1200–50; Middle English asaut, from Old French, from Medieval Latin assaltus “attacked,” past participle of ī “to attack, jump on,” replacing Latin ī, both ultimately from Latin as- as- + ī “to jump, leap”
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of assault1

C13: from Old French asaut, from Vulgar Latin assaltus (unattested), from ī (unattested) to leap upon; see assail
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See attack.
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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.

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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.

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Forrest was initially charged with assault to the danger of life for the attack.

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"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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