ASSAULT
\ɐsˈɒlt], \ɐsˈɒlt], \ɐ_s_ˈɒ_l_t]\
Definitions of ASSAULT
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 2010 - Legal Glossary Database
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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attack someone physically or emotionally; "The mugger assaulted the woman"; "Nightmares assailed him regularly"
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the crime of forcing a woman to submit to sexual intercourse against her will
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close fighting during the culmination of a military attack
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thoroughbred that won the triple crown in 1946
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force (someone) to have sex against their will; "The woman was raped on her way home at night"
By Princeton University
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attack someone physically or emotionally; "The mugger assaulted the woman"; "Nightmares assailed him regularly"
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attack verbally, in speech or writing; "The editors of the left-leaning paper attacked the new House Speaker"
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the crime of forcing a woman to submit to sexual intercourse against her will
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close fighting during the culmination of a military attack
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thoroughbred that won the triple crown in 1946
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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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.
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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.
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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.
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To make an assault upon, as by a sudden rush of armed men; to attack with unlawful or insulting physical violence or menaces.
By Oddity Software
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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.
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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.
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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.
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To make an assault upon, as by a sudden rush of armed men; to attack with unlawful or insulting physical violence or menaces.
By Noah Webster.
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A crime that occurs when one person tries to physically harm another in a way that makes the person under attack feel immediately threatened. Actual physical contact is not necessary; threatening gestures that would alarm any reasonable person can constitute an assault. Compare battery.
By Oddity Software
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A violent physical attack; an attack by military force; a violent attack by argument or hostile words; an attempt to do bodily injury to a other; the charge of an attacking party on a fortified position.
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To attack violently; storm, as by armed force; attack by moral force; attempt bodily injury to; attack, as a fortified position; by a sudden charge.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
By James Champlin Fernald
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