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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 | |
| as'saulter | |
| —n | |
| as'saultive | |
| —adj | |
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