assault
(noun) a threatened or attempted physical attack by someone who appears to be able to cause bodily harm if not stopped
rape, violation, assault, ravishment
(noun) the crime of forcing a person to submit to sexual intercourse against his or her will
assault
(noun) close fighting during the culmination of a military attack
Assault
(noun) thoroughbred that won the triple crown in 1946
attack, round, assail, lash out, snipe, assault
(verb) attack in speech or writing; “The editors of the left-leaning paper attacked the new House Speaker”
assail, assault, set on, attack
(verb) attack someone physically or emotionally; “The mugger assaulted the woman”; “Nightmares assailed him regularly”
rape, ravish, violate, assault, dishonor, dishonour, outrage
(verb) force (someone) to have sex against their will; “The woman was raped on her way home at night”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
assault (countable and uncountable, plural assaults)
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
(criminal legal) 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.
(singulare tantum, legal) The crime whose action is such an attempt.
(tort legal) An act that causes someone to apprehend imminent bodily harm.
(singulare tantum, legal) The tort whose action is such an act.
(fencing) A non-competitive combat between two fencers.
• onfall, onrush
• battery
assault (third-person singular simple present assaults, present participle assaulting, simple past and past participle assaulted)
(transitive) To attack, physically or figuratively.
(transitive) To threaten or harass.
Source: Wiktionary
As*sault", n. Etym: [OE. asaut, assaut, OF. assaut, asalt, F. assaut, LL. assaltus; L. ad + saltus a leaping, a springing, salire to leap. See Assail.]
1. 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. The Spanish general prepared to renew the assault. Prescott. Unshaken bears the assault Of their most dreaded foe, the strong southwest. Wordsworth.
2. 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. Clarendon.
3. (Law)
Definition: 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. Blackstone. Wharton. Practically, however, the word assault is used to include the battery. Mozley & W.
Syn.
– Attack; invasion; incursion; descent; onset; onslaught; charge; storm.
As*sault", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Assaulted; p. pr. & vb. n. Assaulting.] Etym: [From Assault, n.: cf. OF. assaulter, LL. assaltare.]
1. To make an assault upon, as by a sudden rush of armed men; to attack with unlawful or insulting physical violence or menaces. Insnared, assaulted, overcome, led bound. Milton.
2. 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. Before the gates, the cries of babes newborn, . . . Assault his ears. Dryden.
Note: In the latter sense, assail is more common.
Syn.
– To attack; assail; invade; encounter; storm; charge. See Attack.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
25 June 2024
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