Assault

Word ASSAULT
Character 7
Hyphenation as sault
Pronunciations /əˈsɔːlt/

Definitions and meanings of "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.

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The word "assault" in example sentences

This renewel of the Palin assault is not for entertainment. ❋ Unknown (2010)

The term assault weapons was coined to deliberately invoke assault rifles. ❋ Unknown (2009)

The group decries the name "assault weapon" and refers to high-powered guns as "modern sporting rifles." ❋ Unknown (2011)

Secondly, the term assault rifle is a lable made up by the gun ban crowd and intended to make people think that semi-automatic rifles are just as dangerous as fully automatic military weapons and to confuse the two making it seem unreasonable that civilians should own them when actually they operate in the same manner as semi automatic shotguns and hunting rifles that Americans have owned since their invention over a hundred years ago. ❋ Unknown (2011)

Despite being impressed with City's performances this year - they beat Tottenham 5-1 at White Hart Lane in August - van der Vaart does think the wheels could come off their title assault due to the big egos in the City dressing room. ❋ Unknown (2011)

Just so you know, the term assault weapon or assault rifle is a legal term used to describe a variety of semi-automatic firearms that have certain features generally associated with military assault rifles. ❋ Unknown (2010)

In only his second full season of Supersport racing, Herfoss had a near-perfect start to his title assault with a close third in the opening race, backed up with a dominant win in race two. ❋ Unknown (2010)

The term assault weapon does not mean the same as assault rifle. ❋ Unknown (2009)

From the background I heard the term assault (a term I heard numerous times that day). ❋ Unknown (2009)

The term assault rifle / weapon is a misnomer at best as used in the present "Banning situation" … we are already prohibited from owning these type of arms and have been since 1939, unless you can qualify for a $200 special weapons / machine gun permit … The guns they are after now, are all just run of the mill semi-autos, including pistols and shotguns, make no mistake about it. ❋ Unknown (2009)

The term assault weapon, invented by the Brady Campaign, is a smokescreen, routinely spread by the media, to denigrate firearms and the great American traditions that have kept this nation free. ❋ Unknown (2009)

And they just have what they call the assault pack, a smaller pack on their body. ❋ Unknown (2003)

We do not deny the statement of the devil as to what he calls the assault committed upon him; but the fact is, the editor was not in his own study, but was "taking his turn" at the pap-spoon of the Duke of ❋ Various (N/A)

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