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Assault   /əsˈɔlt/   Listen
Assault

noun
1.
Close fighting during the culmination of a military attack.
2.
A threatened or attempted physical attack by someone who appears to be able to cause bodily harm if not stopped.
3.
Thoroughbred that won the triple crown in 1946.
4.
The crime of forcing a woman to submit to sexual intercourse against her will.  Synonyms: rape, ravishment, violation.
verb
(past & past part. assaulted; pres. part. assaulting)
1.
Attack someone physically or emotionally.  Synonyms: assail, attack, set on.  "Nightmares assailed him regularly"
2.
Force (someone) to have sex against their will.  Synonyms: dishonor, dishonour, outrage, rape, ravish, violate.
3.
Attack in speech or writing.  Synonyms: assail, attack, lash out, round, snipe.



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"Assault" Quotes from Famous Books



... vastly relieved to find that the elephant was made of felt and not too large to keep Rosemary from wielding it skilfully in an assault upon the hapless Jinko. She had it firmly gripped by the proboscis, and she was shrieking with delight. Jinko was barking in vain-glorious defence. The ...
— A Fool and His Money • George Barr McCutcheon
... wanted to start a rattlesnake farm. But Slavens had a motive, more weighty than the pastime that this seemingly idle pursuit afforded. There was a time of settlement ahead between him and Jerry Boyle for the part the Governor's son had borne in his assault. When the day for that adjustment came, ...
— Claim Number One • George W. (George Washington) Ogden
... without consulting the other military chiefs.{HORIZONTAL ELLIPSIS} Julian's complaint to the Emperor of the inertness of his military officers procured for him a coadjutor in the command more in sympathy with his ardor; and by their combined efforts an assault was made upon the barbarians. But they sent him an embassy, assuring him that they had been ordered by letters of the Emperor to march into Roman territories, and they showed him the letters. But he cast the ambassadors into prison, vigorously ...
— A Source Book for Ancient Church History • Joseph Cullen Ayer, Jr., Ph.D.
... appearing, he leaned over and impatiently rapped on the door with the heavy oak butt-end of his whip. Still there was no response. Again he knocked, this time louder than before, and was preparing for an even more vigorous assault upon the unhospitable entrance, when the door swung back and the landlord, a tall, gaunt individual, confronted ...
— The Strollers • Frederic S. Isham
... alone, dear,' I entreated, fearing a mutual assault. 'She has been ordered, may be, not to open it. Is it so, my ...
— Uncle Silas - A Tale of Bartram-Haugh • J.S. Le Fanu


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