Assault | A violent onset or attack with physical means, as blows,
weapons, etc.; an onslaught; the rush or charge of an attacking force;
onset; as, to make assault upon a man, a house, or a town. |
Assault | A violent onset or attack with moral weapons, as words,
arguments, appeals, and the like; as, to make an assault on the
prerogatives of a prince, or on the constitution of a government. |
Assault | An apparently violent attempt, or willful offer with force
or violence, to do hurt to another; an attempt or offer to beat
another, accompanied by a degree of violence, but without touching his
person, as by lifting the fist, or a cane, in a threatening manner, or
by striking at him, and missing him. If the blow aimed takes effect, it
is a battery. |
Assault | To make an assault upon, as by a sudden rush of armed men;
to attack with unlawful or insulting physical violence or menaces. |
Assault | To attack with moral means, or with a view of producing
moral effects; to attack by words, arguments, or unfriendly measures;
to assail; as, to assault a reputation or an administration. |
Assault, ravishment, violation, rape, attack, assail, set on, lash out, assail, attack, snipe, round, ravish, dishonor, dishonour, rape, violate, outrag,
Assault, rape, violation, ravishment, attack, attempt, battle, conflict, engagement, fight, sex crime, sex offense, sexual abuse, sexual assault, thoroughbred,
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(noun) battle (generic term)|conflict (generic term)|fight (generic term)|engagement (generic term)
(noun) attack (generic term)|attempt (generic term)
(noun) Assault|thoroughbred (generic term)
(noun) rape|violation|ravishment|sexual assault (generic term)|sexual abuse (generic term)|sex crime (generic term)|sex offense (generic term)
(verb) assail|set on|attack
(verb) rape|ravish|violate|dishonor|dishonour|outrage|assail (generic term)|assault (generic term)|set on (generic term)|attack (generic term)
(verb) attack|round|assail|lash out|snipe|knock (generic term)|criticize (generic term)|criticise (generic term)|pick apart (generic term)
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English explanatory dictionary
n. & v. --n. 1 a violent physical or verbal attack. 2 a Law an act that threatens physical harm to a person (whether or not actual harm is done). b euphem. an act of rape. 3 (attrib.) relating to or used in an assault ( assault craft; assault troops). 4 a vigorous start made to a lengthy or difficult task. 5 a final rush on a fortified place, esp. at the end of a prolonged attack. --v.tr. 1 make an assault on. 2 euphem. rape. øassault and battery Law a threatening act that results in physical harm done to a person. assault course an obstacle course used in training soldiers etc. øøassaulter n. assaultive adj. [ME f. OF asaut, assauter ult. f. L (salire salt- leap)],
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Merrian-Webster dictionary
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assault | noun | a : a threat or attempt to inflict offensive physical contact or bodily harm on a person (as by lifting a fist in a threatening manner) that puts the person in immediate danger of or in apprehension of such harm or contact compare BATTERY 1b b : RAPE |
assault | verb | rAPE |
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