assault

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noun

1 crime of attacking sb

ADJECTIVE

▪ brutal, ferocious, savage, vicious, violent

▪ armed

▪ criminal

▪ common (BrE, law)

▪ aggravated (law), serious

▪ felonious, felony, misdemeanor (all AmE, law)

▪ alleged

▪ attempted

▪ indecent, physical, racial (esp. BrE), sexual

▪ He was convicted of rape and another six counts of indecent assault.

▪ domestic

… OF ASSAULTS

▪ series, wave

VERB + ASSAULT

▪ carry out (esp. BrE), commit

▪ assaults committed by teenagers

▪ be the victim of, suffer

▪ report

▪ He reported the assault to the police.

ASSAULT + VERB

▪ happen, occur, take place

PREPOSITION

▪ assault against

▪ Better street lighting has helped reduce the number of assaults against women.

▪ assault on, assault upon

PHRASES

▪ allegations of assault

▪ allegations of police assault on the boy

▪ assault and battery (law)

2 military/verbal attack

ADJECTIVE

▪ all-out, direct, frontal, full-scale, major, massive

▪ After an all-out assault the town was captured by the enemy.

▪ deadly, fierce

▪ fresh, further

▪ sustained

▪ She used the article to make a sustained assault on her former political allies.

▪ relentless

▪ initial

▪ final

▪ successful

▪ aerial, air, airborne, amphibious, ground

▪ air assaults by fighter planes

▪ military

▪ terrorist

▪ verbal

▪ legal

▪ a two-year legal assault on alleged tax fraud

… OF ASSAULTS

▪ series

VERB + ASSAULT

▪ begin, carry out, conduct, launch, lead, make, mount

▪ Enemy troops launched an assault on the town.

▪ launch into

▪ He launched into a verbal assault on tabloid journalism.

▪ come under, face

▪ The factory came under assault from soldiers in the mountains.

▪ survive, withstand

▪ The garrison was built to withstand assaults.

ASSAULT + NOUN

▪ course (BrE)

▪ They took part in a vigorous army assault course.

▪ operation

▪ gun, rifle, weapon

▪ force, team, troops

▪ helicopter, ship, vehicle

PREPOSITION

▪ under assault

▪ Today these values are under assault.

▪ assault on

▪ a series of assaults on enemy targets
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verb

ADVERB

▪ brutally, seriously (esp. BrE), violently (esp. BrE)

▪ indecently (BrE), physically, sexually, verbally

▪ allegedly

Assault is used with these nouns as the object: ↑ear, ↑woman

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assault — as·sault 1 /ə sȯlt/ n [Old French assaut, literally, attack, ultimately from Latin assultus, from assilire to leap (on), attack] 1: the crime or tort of threatening or attempting to inflict immediate offensive physical contact or bodily harm… … Law dictionary
ASSAULT — ASSAULT, the infliction of any degree of violence on the body of another person, whether injury results or not. The biblical injunction, he may be given up to 40 lashes but not more (Deut. 25:3), which applies to flogging by way of punishment,… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
Assault — As*sault , n. [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… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Assault — As*sault , v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Assaulted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Assaulting}.] [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… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
assault — n *attack, onslaught, onset Analogous words: assailing, bombarding or bombardment, storming or storm (see corresponding verbs at ATTACK): *invasion, incursion, raid assault vb storm, *attack, bombard, assail … New Dictionary of Synonyms
assault — [n] attack advance, aggression, charge, incursion, invasion, offensive, onset, onslaught, rape, storm, storming, strike, violation; concept 86 assault [v] attack abuse, advance, assail, bash, beset, blast, blitz, bushwhack, charge, come down on* … New thesaurus
assault — ► NOUN 1) a violent attack. 2) Law an act that threatens physical harm to a person. 3) a concentrated attempt to do something difficult. ► VERB ▪ make an assault on. DERIVATIVES assaultive adjective … English terms dictionary
assault — [ə sôlt′] n. [ME assaut < OFr assaut, assalt < VL * assaltus < assalire: see ASSAIL] 1. a violent attack, either physical or verbal 2. euphemism for RAPE1 3. Law an unlawful threat or unsuccessful attempt to do physical harm to another,… … English World dictionary
assault at — ● assault … Useful english dictionary
Assault — This article is about the criminal act. For tortious aspects of assault, see Assault (tort). For other uses, see Assault (disambiguation) … Wikipedia

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