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 Definitions of assault  [əˈsɔlt]  

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Definition of 'assault' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (n.) assault
a sudden violent attack; onslaught.

2.  assault
an unlawful physical attack upon another, esp. an attempt or threat to do bodily harm.

3.  assault
indecent assault.

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
attack someone 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"


Definition of 'assault' Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary 

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 make assault 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

5. (noun) assault
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


Definition of 'assault' Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms 

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 major assault forces of the amphibious task force in the objective area and the accomplishment of the amphibious task force 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.


Translation of 'assault' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: to attack, especially suddenly
The youths assaulted the night watchman.

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: aanval Arabic flag Arabic: يُهاجِم Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: нападам
Brazilian flag Brazilian: assaltar Czech flag Czech: napadnout German flag German: überfallen
Danish flag Danish: angribe Greek flag Greek: επιτίθεμαι Spanish flag Spanish: asaltar
Estonian flag Estonian: ründama Farsi flag Farsi: حمله کردن Finnish flag Finnish: yllätyshyökkäys
French flag French: agresser Hebrew flag Hebrew: הַתְקָפָה Hindi flag Hindi: धावा
Croatian flag Croatian: napasti Hungarian flag Hungarian: megtámad Indonesian flag Indonesian: menyerang
Icelandic flag Icelandic: ráðast á Italian flag Italian: assaltare, aggredire Japanese flag Japanese: 攻撃
Korean flag Korean: 맹렬히 공격하다 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: užpulti Latvian flag Latvian: uzbrukt
Malay flag Malay: menyerang Dutch flag Dutch: aanvallen Norwegian flag Norwegian: overfalle, angripe
Polish flag Polish: napadać Persian flag Persian: حمله کردن Pashto flag Pashto: یرغل کول
Portuguese flag Portuguese: assaltar Romanian flag Romanian: a agresa Russian flag Russian: нападать
Slovak flag Slovak: napadnúť Slovenian flag Slovenian: napasti Serbian flag Serbian: napasti
Swedish flag Swedish: överfalla Thai flag Thai: จู่โจม Turkish flag Turkish: saldırmak
Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 襲擊 Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: атакувати; штурмувати Urdu flag Urdu: حملہ کرنا ، دھاوا بولنا
Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: đột kích Chinese flag Chinese: 袭击

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