assault
/əˈsɒlt/
A violent onset or attack with physical means, for example blows, weapons, etc; A violent verbal attack, for example with insults, criticism, and the like
- plural
- assaults
Meanings
- 1
A violent onset or attack with physical means, for example blows, weapons, etc
The assault will start tomorrow.
Tatoeba · AlanF_US · CC BY 2.0 FR
Tom was arrested for assault.
Tatoeba · CK · CC BY 2.0 FR
- 2
A violent verbal attack, for example with insults, criticism, and the like
- 3
An attempt to commit battery: 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 missingrare
- 4
The crime whose action is such an attemptrare
- 5
An act that causes someone to apprehend imminent bodily harm (such as brandishing a weapon)rare
- 6
The tort whose action is such an actrare
- 7
A non-competitive combat between two fencersrare