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| as·sault [ ə sáwlt ] |
noun (plural as·saults) |
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1. physical or verbal attack: a violent physical or verbal attack
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2. threat of bodily harm: an unlawful threat or attempt to do violence or harm to somebody else
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3. rape: the crime of raping somebody
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4. attempt to destroy something: a campaign or series of actions that aims to challenge or destroy something
  The proposals are under assault by various special interest groups.
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transitive verb (past and past participle as·sault·ed, present participle as·sault·ing, 3rd person present singular as·saults) |
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1. attack somebody: to attack somebody physically or verbally in a violent way
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2. make military attack: to attack a place with a military force
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| [13th century. Via Old French assaut< assumed Vulgar Latin assaltus, past participle of assalire (see assail)] |
