Assault

What do we mean by assault?

A violent physical attack, as with blows. noun

A strong or cutting verbal attack. noun

A military attack, such as one launched against a fortified area or place. noun

The concluding stage of an attack in which close combat occurs with the enemy. noun

An unlawful threat or attempt to do bodily injury to another. noun

The act or an instance of unlawfully threatening or attempting to injure another. noun

Sexual assault. noun

The crime of rape. noun

A rigorous or energetic effort to accomplish something difficult. noun

To make a violent assault upon; attack. synonym: attack. intransitive verb

To rape. intransitive verb

To attack verbally; criticize or denounce. intransitive verb

To harass or beset. intransitive verb

To make an assault. intransitive verb

To attack by physical means; fall upon with violence or with a hostile intention: as, to assault a man, a house, a town.

Specifically In law, to attempt or offer to do violence to another, with present ability to accomplish it. See assault, n., 2.

A violent onset or attack with physical means, for example blows, weapons, etc.

A violent onset or attack with moral weapons, for example words, arguments, appeals, and the like

An attempt to commit battery: a violent attempt, or willful effort with force or violence, to do hurt to another, but without necessarily touching his person, as by lifting a fist in a threatening manner, or by striking at him and missing him.

The crime whose action is such an attempt.

An act that causes someone to apprehend imminent bodily harm.

The tort whose action is such an act.

A non-competitive combat between two fencers.

What my crazy ass does to someone for making fun of AOL or AOL CDs. I will be charged with aggravated assault with intent to murder. Urban Dictionary

Attacking somebody physically Urban Dictionary

When a person slips on a pizza box during an altercation. Urban Dictionary

Assault is when i get buzzin and decide to smash someones face in. Urban Dictionary

The most godly nigga on this planet Urban Dictionary

When someone is coming off in a very assaulting manner, they are very aggressive and almost short tempered. Urban Dictionary

Having an uncontrollable overwhelming amount of rawness in your body that comes from drinking muscle pharm assault. Being super focused and crazy at the same time. Having the ability to go hard on the muh fuckin weights. Maximum effects of being assaulted can be achieved by listening to insane music before hand. For example, eminem, lil jon, lil wayne, and waka flocka. Not recommended for pussy ass muh fuckas Urban Dictionary

The act of forcefully exhibiting pictures of Shrek to someone without their consent. For example, sending pictures of Shrek to a stranger’s phone via Airdrop. Urban Dictionary

A stupid, ignorant, and uninformed way of saying entirely safe semi auto rifle. Typically used in liberal/Californian vocabulary or slang. Urban Dictionary

Basically a scary looking gun that gun grabbers think is too scary for normal people to have. Urban Dictionary

Words that are spelled similarly to assault:
assault, assult, assaut.

Words that are triggered by (strongly associated with) the word assault:
bodily, repulsed, rifle, amphibious, rape, grenade, platoon, okinawa, robbery, airborne, rhine, weapon, harm, pleaded, battery, deadly, marines, flank, casualties, bombardment, charges, sexual, brigade, battalion, theft, landing, siege, weapons, intent, armoured, craft, helicopter, infantry, armored, victim, beaches, guns, ammunition, guilty, artillery, troops, tanks, enemy, imprisonment, ban, counts, wounded, reconnaissance, confederate, attacking, capture, garrison, gun, fortress, attack, guards, convicted, jail, regiment, victims, landed, sentence, retreat, allegedly, surrender, violence, combat, incident, murder, tank, attacked, abuse, heavy, cavalry, soldiers, fort, forces, possession, positions, prison, boats, aviation, charged, crimes.

Words that rhyme with assault:
default, salt, vault, fault, halt, exalt, malt, alt, cobalt, asphalt, basalt, somersault, thunderbolt, hault, galt, sault, gault, san andreas fault, table salt, renault, walt, old salt, perrault, ault, thrust fault, pole vault, at fault, kalt, rock salt, to a fault, burial vault, find fault, nault, geological fault, common salt, barrel vault, bank vault, double salt, bile salt, inclined fault, celery salt, garlic salt, sour salt, normal fault, rochelle salt, judgement by default, groined vault, onion salt, ribbed vault, gravity fault, faribault, judgment by default, seasoned salt, brault, anawalt, kuralt, greenawalt, pinault, stirewalt, covault, creditanstalt, dault, ehrenhalt, galipault, hanawalt, kreditanstalt, mault, pennwalt, pinsoneault, rachelvolt, treuhandanstalt.

Adjectives that are often used to describe assault:
sexual, final, frontal, first, direct, physical, general, indecent, amphibious, second, violent, major, initial, successful, sudden, massive, criminal, main, verbal, german, serious, furious, brutal, immediate, murderous, grand, simple, scale, vigorous, military, fierce, desperate, actual, alleged, felonious, fresh, domestic, determined, airborne, unsuccessful, japanese, unprovoked, armed, vicious, unexpected, savage, simultaneous, planned, bloody, pronged, naval, aggravated, concerted, aerial, confederate, bold, impending, relentless, deadly, soviet, sustained, expected, decisive, deliberate, terrible, daring, seaborne, communist, aggressive, coordinated.

Nouns that are often described by the adjective assault:
women, troops, arms, guns, victims, rifles, boats, children, cases, craft, landing, rifle, rescue, bombardment, weapons, weapon, forces, crossing, operations, positions, course, force, battery, boat, men, charges, survivors, charge, walls, landings, members, females, girls, case, elements, group, methods, approach, units, offenders, flanks, history, others, party, vehicles, targets, rights, team, phase, ship, squads, trial, beings, victim, functioning, ships, unit, detachments, someone, operation, daughter, camp, officers, womanhood, conviction, trials, helicopters, whites, troop, birds, partners, commerce, fines, wives, gun, teams, robbery, related, firing, rates, boys, charity, atarms, madras, houses, ladies, helicopter, tactics, guards, barrage, complaints.

Consonant match to assault:
iseult, auscult, asphalte.

Words that sound like assault:
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