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assault

Nouns

• (n) close fighting during the culmination of a military attack
• (n) a threatened or attempted physical attack by someone who appears to be able to cause bodily harm if not stopped
• (n) thoroughbred that won the triple crown in 1946
• (n) the crime of forcing a woman to submit to sexual intercourse against her will ravishment, rape, violation,

Verbs

• (v) attack someone physically or emotionally
  • The mugger assaulted the woman
  • Nightmares assailed him regularly
  assail, set on, attack,
• (v) force (someone) to have sex against their will
  • The woman was raped on her way home at night
  rape, ravish, dishonor, dishonour, outrage, violate,
• (v) attack in speech or writing
  • The editors of the left-leaning paper attacked the new House Speaker
  lash out, attack, assail, snipe, round,

Synonyms

assail set on attack rape ravish dishonor dishonour outrage violate lash out snipe round ravishment violation

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