4. (v.t.)assault to make an assault upon; attack; assail.
Etymology: (1200–50; < OF < VL *assaltus, for L assultus, der. of assalīre to leap (toward) <as-as-+salīre to leap)
Definition of 'Assault'
Princeton's WordNet
1. (noun)assault close fighting during the culmination of a military attack
2. (noun)assault a threatened or attempted physical attack by someone who appears to be able to cause bodily harm if not stopped
3. (noun)Assault thoroughbred that won the triple crown in 1946
4. (verb)rape, violation, assault, ravishment the crime of forcing a woman to submit to sexual intercourse against her will
5. (verb)assail, assault, set on, attack attacksomeone physically or emotionally "The mugger assaulted the woman"; "Nightmares assailed him regularly"
6. (verb)rape, ravish, violate, assault, dishonor, dishonour, outrage force (someone) to have sex against their will "The woman was raped on her way home at night"
7. (verb)attack, round, assail, lash out, snipe, assault attack in speech or writing "The editors of the left-leaning paper attacked the new House Speaker"
1. (noun)assault a violent attack a sexual assault; an assault on a teacher
2. (verb)assault to attack violently He was assaulted by three teenagers.
Definition of 'Assault'
Webster Dictionary
1. (noun)Assault 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 makeassault upon a man, a house, or a town
2. (noun)Assault 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
3. (noun)Assault 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
4. (noun)Assault to make an assault upon, as by a sudden rush of armed men; to attack with unlawful or insulting physical violence or menaces
1. Assault 1. The climax of an attack, closing with the enemy in hand-to-hand fighting. 2. In an amphibious operation, the period of time between the arrival of the majorassault forces of the amphibious taskforce in the objectivearea and the accomplishment of the amphibious taskforce mission. 3. To make a short, violent, but well-ordered attack against a local objective, such as a gun emplacement, a fort, or a machine gun nest. 4. A phase of an airborne operation beginning with delivery by air of the assault echelon of the force into the objective area and extending through attack of assault objectives and consolidation of the initial airhead. See also assault phase.
Definitions of Assault 
Afrikaans: aanval
Arabic: يُهاجِم
Bulgarian: нападам
Brazilian: assaltar
Czech: napadnout
German: überfallen
Danish: angribe
Greek: επιτίθεμαι
Spanish: asaltar
Estonian: ründama
Farsi: حمله کردن
Finnish: yllätyshyökkäys
French: agresser
Hebrew: הַתְקָפָה
Hindi: धावा
Croatian: napasti
Hungarian: megtámad
Indonesian: menyerang
Icelandic: ráðast á
Italian: assaltare, aggredire
Japanese: 攻撃
Korean: 맹렬히 공격하다
Lithuanian: užpulti
Latvian: uzbrukt
Malay: menyerang
Dutch: aanvallen
Norwegian: overfalle, angripe
Polish: napadać
Persian: حمله کردن
Pashto: یرغل کول
Portuguese: assaltar
Romanian: a agresa
Russian: нападать
Slovak: napadnúť
Slovenian: napasti
Serbian: napasti
Swedish: överfalla
Thai: จู่โจม
Turkish: saldırmak
Taiwanese: 襲擊
Ukrainian: атакувати; штурмувати
Urdu: حملہ کرنا ، دھاوا بولنا
Vietnamese: đột kích
Chinese: 袭击
