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- pronunciation:
sawlt
- parts of speech:
- noun, verb
- features:
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| part of speech: |
noun |
| definition 1: |
a violent physical or verbal attack.
The victim of the assault had a bruised face.The candidate made an assault on his opponent's character.- synonyms:
- attack
- similar words:
- aggression, battering, holdup, mugging, storm, violence
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| definition 2: |
an attack made by armed forces, that often ends in close fighting.
- synonyms:
- attack, strike
- similar words:
- aggression, charge, invasion, onset, raid, siege, storming, thrust
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| definition 3: |
the crime of attempting or threatening to hurt another person.
- similar words:
- abuse, attack, battery, threat, violence
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| related words: |
ambush, attempt, hostility |
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| part of speech: |
verb |
| inflections: |
assaults, assaulting, assaulted |
| definition: |
to make an assault on; attack.
The soldiers assaulted the fort.- synonyms:
- attack
- similar words:
- affront, batter, beat up, beset, besiege, charge, descend upon, gang up on, harass, invade, jump, mug, raid, rip into, rush, storm, strike
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| related words: |
ambush, bombard, combat |
| derivations: |
assaultive (adj.), assaulter (n.) |
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