assault
IPA: ʌsˈɔɫt
noun
- A violent onset or attack with physical means, for example blows, weapons, etc.
- A violent verbal attack, for example with insults, criticism, and the like
- (criminal law) An attempt to commit battery: a violent attempt, or willful effort with force or violence, to do hurt to another, but without necessarily touching the person, such as by raising a fist in a threatening manner, or by striking at the person and missing.
- (singular only, law) The crime whose action is such an attempt.
- (tort law) An act that causes someone to apprehend imminent bodily harm (such as brandishing a weapon).
- (singular only, law) The tort whose action is such an act.
- (fencing) A non-competitive combat between two fencers.
verb
- (transitive) To attack, physically or figuratively; to assail.
- (transitive) To threaten or harass.
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Examples of "assault" in Sentences
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