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assault
[ uh-sawlt ]
noun
- a sudden, violent attack; onslaught:
an assault on tradition.
Synonyms: aggression, invasion, charge, onset
- 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
/ əˈsɔːlt /
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
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Derived Forms
- asˈsaultive, adjective
- asˈsaulter, noun
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Other Words From
- as·saulta·ble adjective
- as·saulter noun
- counter·as·sault verb (used with object) noun
- nonas·sault noun
- unas·saulta·ble adjective
- unas·saulted adjective
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Word History and Origins
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Word History and Origins
Origin of assault1
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Example Sentences
But damn, the music is catchy—a neo-soul aural assault of horns, electro swirls, yelps, funky basslines, and harmonized vocals.
Luckily, Tor was prepared for this sort of assault, and has built-in defenses to protect against it.
It was like a constant assault, an almost stupefying catalogue of mindless racial insult and injury.
For his tireless assault on evolutionary biology and downsizing the deity to fit within science, I give Meyer second place.
In their midst stands a soldier with the Lebanese armed forces in a red beret, sporting an assault rifle and an unblinking stare.
The case was an assault and battery that came off between two men named Brown and Henderson.
Pat Malone, you are fined five dollars for assault and battery on Mike Sweeney.
He made a violent assault against the nation of his enemies, and in the descent he destroyed the adversaries.
The imperialists under the duke of Bourbon, took Rome by assault and plundered it.
Edwin had to brace himself again, for an assault upon the fastness of the stationmaster.
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