assault
31assault — 1. noun /əˈsɔːlt/ a) 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. b) A violent onset or attack with… …
32assault — to attack sexually Literally, to use any force against another: If I d been assaulted by men of my own race I would have been an object of pity. (P. Scott, 1973 a white woman had been raped by Indians) And as a noun: ... the main …
33assault — 1. verb he assaulted a police officer Syn: attack, hit, strike, beat up, thump; informal wallop, belt, clobber, lay into, rough up; Austral.; informal quilt 2. noun 1) he was charged with assault Syn …
34assault — [əˈsɔːlt] noun [C/U] I a violent attack, or the crime of physically attacking someone an assault on a young student[/ex] II verb [T] assault [əˈsɔːlt] to attack someone violently An elderly woman was assaulted and robbed.[/ex] …
35assault — as•sault [[t]əˈsɔlt[/t]] n. 1) a sudden violent attack; onslaught 2) law an unlawful physical attack upon another, esp. an attempt or threat to do bodily harm 3) law rape I, 1), rape I, 2) 4) law indecent assault 5) to make an assault upon;… …
36assault — /əˈsɒlt / (say uh solt), / ˈsɔlt/ (say sawlt) noun 1. the act of assailing; an attack; onslaught. 2. Military the stage of close combat in an attack. 3. Law an unlawful physical attack upon another; an attempt or offer to do violence to another,… …
37assault — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. & n. See attack. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [An attack] Syn. charge, advance, onslaught; see attack 1 . 2. [A physical attack on another person] Syn. attack, mugging, assault and battery, rape; see crime 2 …
38assault — [13] To assault somebody was originally to ‘jump on’ them. The word comes from a Vulgar Latin compound verb *assaltāre, formed from the prefix ad ‘to’ and saltāre ‘jump’, a frequentative form (denoting repeated action) of the verb salīre ‘jump’… …
39assault n — Charged with assault and battery. see picture …
40assault — noun 1》 a violent attack. ↘Law an act that threatens physical harm to a person, whether or not actual harm is done. 2》 a concerted attempt to do something demanding. verb make an assault on. Derivatives assaulter noun assaultive adjective… …
