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Assault :: Assault (n.) 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..

Spend :: Spend (v. t.) To exhaust of force or strength; to waste; to wear away; as, the violence of the waves was spent..

Gushing :: Gushing (a.) Rushing forth with violence, as a fluid; flowing copiously; as, gushing waters..

Dash :: Dash (v. t.) To throw with violence or haste; to cause to strike violently or hastily; -- often used with against.

Attack :: Attack (n.) The act of attacking, or falling on with force or violence; an onset; an assault; -- opposed to defense..

Compel :: Compel (v. t.) To take by force or violence; to seize; to exact; to extort.

Wreck :: Wreck (v. t.) Destruction or injury of anything, especially by violence; ruin; as, the wreck of a railroad train..

Wrest :: Wrest (v. t.) To turn from truth; to twist from its natural or proper use or meaning by violence; to pervert; to distort.

Buffeting :: Buffeting (n.) A succession of blows; continued violence, as of winds or waves; afflictions; adversity..

Agitation :: Agitation (n.) The act of agitating, or the state of being agitated; the state of being moved with violence, or with irregular action; commotion; as, the sea after a storm is in agitation..

Fury :: Fury (n.) Violent anger; extreme wrath; rage; -- sometimes applied to inanimate things, as the wind or storms; impetuosity; violence..

Gush :: Gush (v. i.) To issue with violence and rapidity, as a fluid; to rush forth as a fluid from confinement; to flow copiously..

Reave :: Reave (v. i.) To take away by violence or by stealth; to snatch away; to rob; to despoil; to bereave. [Archaic.

Force :: Force (v. i.) To use violence; to make violent effort; to strive; to endeavor.

Distrain :: Distrain (v. t.) To press heavily upon; to bear down upon with violence; hence, to constrain or compel; to bind; to distress, torment, or afflict..

Rapture :: Rapture (n.) The state or condition of being rapt, or carried away from one's self by agreeable excitement; violence of a pleasing passion; extreme joy or pleasure; ecstasy..

Shock :: Shock (v.) To strike with surprise, terror, horror, or disgust; to cause to recoil; as, his violence shocked his associates..

Exacerbation :: Exacerbation (n.) A periodical increase of violence in a disease, as in remittent or continious fever; an increased energy of diseased and painful action..

Hurl :: Hurl (n.) The act of hurling or throwing with violence; a cast; a fling.

Bear :: Bear (v. t.) To admit or be capable of; that is, to suffer or sustain without violence, injury, or change..

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