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Definition of assault

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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..

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Salience :: Salience (n.) The quality or condition of being salient; a leaping; a springing forward; an assaulting.

Stormed :: Storm (n.) A violent assault on a fortified place; a furious attempt of troops to enter and take a fortified place by scaling the walls, forcing the gates, or the like..

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..

Onset :: Onset (n.) A rushing or setting upon; an attack; an assault; a storming; especially, the assault of an army..

Push :: Push (n.) An assault or attack; an effort; an attempt; hence, the time or occasion for action..

Blow :: Blow (n.) A sudden or forcible act or effort; an assault.

Assailment :: Assailment (n.) The act or power of assailing; attack; assault.

Assaultable :: Assaultable (a.) Capable of being assaulted.

Assassinate :: Assassinate (n.) An assassination, murder, or murderous assault..

Violence :: Violence (n.) Injury done to that which is entitled to respect, reverence, or observance; profanation; infringement; unjust force; outrage; assault..

Assault :: Assault (n.) 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..

Assaulter :: Assaulter (n.) One who assaults, or violently attacks; an assailant..

Assail :: Assail (v. t.) To attack with violence, or in a vehement and hostile manner; to assault; to molest; as, to assail a man with blows; to assail a city with artillery..

Supportable :: Support (n.) That which maintains or preserves from being overcome, falling, yielding, sinking, giving way, or the like; subsistence; maintenance; assistance; reenforcement; as, he gave his family a good support, the support of national credit; the assaulting column had the support of a battery..

Repel :: Repel (v. t.) To resist or oppose effectually; as, to repel an assault, an encroachment, or an argument..

Aggression :: Aggression (n.) The first attack, or act of hostility; the first act of injury, or first act leading to a war or a controversy; unprovoked attack; assault; as, a war of aggression. Aggressions of power..

Stoner :: Stoner (n.) One who stones; one who makes an assault with stones.

Engine :: Engine (v. t.) To assault with an engine.

Assassin :: Assassin (n.) One who kills, or attempts to kill, by surprise or secret assault; one who treacherously murders any one unprepared for defense..

Assaulting :: Assaulting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Assaul.