Assault ¹

Definition: 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.

Assault ²

Definition: 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.

Assault ³

Definition: 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.

Assault ⁴

Definition: To make an assault upon, as by a sudden rush of armed men; to attack with unlawful or insulting physical violence or menaces.

Assault ⁵

Definition: 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.

assault ⁶

Definition: a threatened or attempted physical attack by someone who appears to be able to cause bodily harm if not stopped

assault ⁷

Definition: the crime of forcing a woman to submit to sexual intercourse against her will

assault ⁸

Definition: close fighting during the culmination of a military attack

Assault ⁹

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assault ¹⁰

Definition: attack in speech or writing; "The editors of the left-leaning paper attacked the new House Speaker"

assault ¹¹

Definition: attack someone physically or emotionally; "The mugger assaulted the woman"; "Nightmares assailed him regularly"

assault ¹²

Definition: force (someone) to have sex against their will; "The woman was raped on her way home at night"