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assault

/ assault /
noun/verb

Definitions & Examples

noun Sense 1
a threatened or attempted physical attack by someone who appears to be able to cause bodily harm if not stopped
Type of:
attack attempt
Kinds of:
aggravated assault battery assault and battery mugging
Derived:
assail set on attack
noun Sense 2
close fighting during the culmination of a military attack
Type of:
battle conflict fight
Kinds of:
resisting arrest storm
Has parts:
attack onslaught onset
Domain:
military armed forces armed services
noun Sense 3
thoroughbred that won the triple crown in 1946
Type of:
thoroughbred
verb Sense 4
attack someone physically or emotionally
"The mugger assaulted the woman"
"Nightmares assailed him regularly"
Kinds of:
bait sic set bulldog rush
Derived:
attack attempt attacker aggressor assailant
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
Somebody ----s something with something
Somebody ----s on something
noun Sense 5
the crime of forcing a woman to submit to sexual intercourse against her will
Type of:
sexual assault sexual abuse sex crime
Kinds of:
date rape statutory rape carnal abuse
Derived:
rape ravish violate dishonor dishonour
verb Sense 6
force (someone) to have sex against their will
"The woman was raped on her way home at night"
Type of:
assail set on attack
Kinds of:
gang-rape
Derived:
outrage dishonor dishonour rape violation
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s something with something
verb Sense 7
attack in speech or writing
"The editors of the left-leaning paper attacked the new House Speaker"
Type of:
knock criticize criticise
Kinds of:
abuse clapperclaw blackguard shout claw
Derived:
attacker aggressor assailant assaulter fire
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
Somebody ----s something with something
Somebody ----s on something
Somebody ----s somebody PP
Somebody ----s something with something
Semantic Complexity
91%
Sense Count
7
Total Synonyms
0
Total Relationships
61
Times Searched
2
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Related Words

attack attempt aggravated assault battery assault and battery mugging battle conflict fight resisting arrest storm thoroughbred