as'saultive

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assault (əˈsɔːlt)

—n
1.	a violent attack, either physical or verbal
2.	law battery Compare assault and battery an intentional or reckless act that causes another person to expect to be subjected to immediate and unlawful violence
3.	a. the culmination of a military attack, in which fighting takes place at close quarters
	b. (as modifier): assault troops
4.	rape or attempted rape

—vb
5.	to make an assault upon
6.	to rape or attempt to rape

[C13: from Old French asaut, from Vulgar Latin assaltus (unattested), from assalīre (unattested) to leap upon; see assail]

as'saulter

—n

as'saultive

—*adj*

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