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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006) |
assault
n 1: close fighting during the culmination of a military attack
2: a threatened or attempted physical attack by someone who
appears to be able to cause bodily harm if not stopped
3: thoroughbred that won the triple crown in 1946
4: the crime of forcing a woman to submit to sexual intercourse
against her will [syn: rape, violation, assault,
ravishment]
v 1: attack someone physically or emotionally; "The mugger
assaulted the woman"; "Nightmares assailed him regularly"
[syn: assail, assault, set on, attack]
2: force (someone) to have sex against their will; "The woman
was raped on her way home at night" [syn: rape, ravish,
violate, assault, dishonor, dishonour, outrage]
3: attack in speech or writing; "The editors of the left-leaning
paper attacked the new House Speaker" [syn: attack,
round, assail, lash out, snipe, assault]
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2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 |
Assault \As*sault"\, n. [OE. asaut, assaut, OF. assaut, asalt,
F. assaut, LL. assaltus; L. ad + saltus a leaping, a
springing, salire to leap. See Assail.]
1. 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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The Spanish general prepared to renew the assault.
--Prescott.
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Unshaken bears the assault
Of their most dreaded foe, the strong southwest.
--Wordsworth.
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2. 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. --Clarendon.
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3. (Law) 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. --Blackstone. Wharton.
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Practically, however, the word assault is used to
include the battery. --Mozley & W.
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Syn: Attack; invasion; incursion; descent; onset; onslaught;
charge; storm.
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3. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 |
Assault \As*sault"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Assaulted; p. pr. &
vb. n. Assaulting.] [From Assault, n.: cf. OF. assaulter,
LL. assaltare.]
1. To make an assault upon, as by a sudden rush of armed men;
to attack with unlawful or insulting physical violence or
menaces.
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Insnared, assaulted, overcome, led bound. --Milton.
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2. 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.
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Before the gates, the cries of babes newborn, . . .
Assault his ears. --Dryden.
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Note: In the latter sense, assail is more common.
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Syn: To attack; assail; invade; encounter; storm; charge. See
Attack.
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4. Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856) |
ASSAULT, crim. law. An assault is any unlawful attempt or offer with force
or violence to do a corporal hurt to another, whether from malice or
wantonness; for example, by striking at him or even holding up the fist at
him in a threatening or insulting manner, or with other circumstances as
denote at the time. an intention, coupled with a present ability, of actual
violence against his person, as by pointing a weapon at him when he is
within reach of it. 6 Rogers Rec: 9. When the injury is actually inflicted,
it amounts to a battery. (q.v.)
2. Assaults are either simple or aggravated. 1. A simple assault is one
Where there is no intention to do any other injury. This is punished at
common law by fine and imprisonment. 2. An aggravated assault is one that
has in addition to the bare intention to commit it, another object which is
also criminal; for example, if a man should fire a pistol at another and
miss him, the former would be guilty of an assault with intent to murder; so
an assault with intent to rob a man, or with intent to spoil his clothes,
and the like, are aggravated assaults, and they are more severely punished
than simple assaults. General references, 1 East, P. C. 406; Bull. N. P. 15;
Hawk. P. B. b. 1, c. 62, s. 12; 1 Russ. Cr. 604; 2 Camp. Rep. 650 1
Wheeler's Cr. C. 364; 6 Rogers' Rec. 9; 1 Serg. & Rawle, 347 Bac. Ab. h.t.;
Roscoe. Cr. Ev. 210.
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Thesaurus Results for assault:
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1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 |
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