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noun
1.
a sudden, violent attack; onslaught: an assault on tradition.
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.
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verb (used with object)
5.
to make an assault upon; attack; assail.
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Assaults
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Origin:
1200–50; Middle English asaut < Old French < Medieval Latin assaltus (replacing Latin assultus), equivalent to Latin as- as- + saltus a leap (sal(īre) to leap + -tus suffix of v. action)
1200–50; Middle English asaut < Old French < Medieval Latin assaltus (replacing Latin assultus), equivalent to Latin as- as- + saltus a leap (sal(īre) to leap + -tus suffix of v. action)
Related forms
as·sault·a·ble, adjective
as·sault·er, noun
coun·ter·as·sault, verb (used with object), noun
non·as·sault, noun
un·as·sault·a·ble, adjective
EXPANDun·as·sault·ed, adjective
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Word Origin & History
assault
c.1300, from O.Fr. asaut (12c., Mod.Fr. assaut), from V.L. *adsaltus "attack, assault," from ad "to" + L. saltus "a leap," from salire "to leap, spring" (see assail). The verb is from c.1450.
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