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Etymology

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FromMiddle Englishassaut, fromOld French nounassaut, derived from the past participle of the verbassalir, fromLate Latinassalīre, fromLatinad(“at, towards”) +salīre(“jump”). See alsoassail. Spelling Latinized around 1530 to add anl.

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Noun

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assault (countable anduncountable,pluralassaults)

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  1. A violentonset orattack with physical means, for example blows, weapons, etc.
    The army made anassault on the enemy.
    • 1855–1858,William H[ickling] Prescott,History of the Reign ofPhilip the Second, King of Spain, volume(please specify |volume=I to III), Boston, Mass.: Phillips, Sampson, and Company,→OCLC:
      The Spanish general prepared to renew theassault.
    • 1814,William Wordsworth,The Excursion, Book 5:
      Unshaken bears theassault / Of their most dreaded foe, the strong southwest.
    • 2008,BioWare,Mass Effect, Redwood City: Electronic Arts,→ISBN,→OCLC, PC, scene: Batarians Codex entry:
      Hostilities peaked with the Skyllian Blitz of 2176, an attack on the human capital of Elysium by batarian-funded pirates and slavers. In 2178, the Alliance retaliated with a crushingassault on the moon of Torfan, long used as a staging base by batarian-backed criminals. In the aftermath, the batarians retreated into their own systems, and are now rarely seen in Citadel space.
  2. A violent verbal attack, for example with insults, criticism, and the like
    She launched a writtenassault on the opposition party.
  3. (criminal law) Anattempt to commitbattery: a violent attempt, or willful effort with force or violence, to do hurt to another, but without necessarily touching the person, such as by raising a fist in a threatening manner, or by striking at the person and missing.
  4. (singular only, law) Thecrime whose action is such an attempt.
  6. (tort law) An act that causes someone to apprehend imminent bodily harm (such asbrandishing a weapon).
  7. (singular only, law) Thetort whose action is such an act.
  8. (fencing) A non-competitivecombat between two fencers.

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Translations

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violent onset or attack with physical means
violent onset or attack with moral weapons
legal: violent attempt, or willful effort with force or violence to hurt another
legal: crime whose action is such an attempt
legal: act that causes someone to apprehend imminent bodily harm
legal: tort whose action is such an act
fencing: non-competitive combat

Verb

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assault (third-person singular simple presentassaults,present participleassaulting,simple past and past participleassaulted)

  1. (transitive) Toattack, physically or figuratively; toassail.
    Tom was accused ofassaulting another man outside a nightclub.
    Loud musicassaulted our ears as we entered the building.
  2. (transitive) Tothreaten orharass.(Can we add anexample for this sense?)

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Translations

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to attack

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Noun

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assault m (pluralassauls)

  1. (chiefly military)assault;attack

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