Assault - definition, pronunciation, transcription
noun
- a threatened or attempted physical attack by someone who appears to be able to cause bodily harm if not stopped
- thoroughbred that won the triple crown in 1946
- the crime of forcing a person to submit to sexual intercourse against his or her will (syn: rape, ravishment, violation)
verb
- attack in speech or writing (syn: assail, attack, lash out, round, snipe)
Extra examples
She was injured in a brutal assault.
...the body of the murdered woman also showed signs of assault...
He was arrested for assaulting a police officer.
She verbally assaulted one of her coworkers.
Enemy forces assaulted the city.
He was jailed for assault.
Several soldiers have been charged with assault.
The refugee camp came under assault again last night.
Traditional family values are increasingly under assault.
Two men assaulted him after he left the bar.
He was found guilty of indecently assaulting a student.
The noises and smells of the market assaulted her senses.
The mugger assaulted the woman
An assault upon traditional values
She is awaiting trial on charges of assault.
Word forms
I/you/we/they: assault
he/she/it: assaults
present participle: assaulting
past tense: assaulted
past participle: assaulted
singular: assault
plural: assaults
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