assault

assault
n
1. attack, offensive, onslaught, onset, rush, blitz, blitzkrieg, storming, Fr. coup de main, Obs. brunt; raid, foray, sortie, sally; invasion, aggression, incursion, escalade; siege, besiegement, beset-ment, investment; bombardment, strafing, air raid, peppering, salvo, fusillade, Both Mil. barrage, enfilade, Navy. broadside.
2. mugging, holdup; battering, beating, pounding, pummeling, pommeling, going over, Sl. pasting; hitting, striking, bastinado, Scot. dunt, Scot, and North Eng. paik.
3. molestation, violation, outrage; ravishment, rape, deflowering, Obs. devirgination, Obs. constupration, Obs. stupration.
v
4. attack, raid, storm, charge, rush, blitz, blitzkrieg; set upon, pounce upon, descend upon, fall on, open fire upon, begin hostilities, light into, Inf. lace into, Inf. rip into, Inf. tear into, Sl. zap, Sl. let [s.o.] have it, Sl. lay into, Archaic. insult; pelt, bombard, barrage, pepper, strafe, fusillade, broadside, Mil. enfilade, Inf. gang up on.
5. mug, put the arm on [s.o.], Sl. jump; strike, hit, smite, knock, take a poke at, punch, pommel, pummel, batter, beat up, Inf. throw a punch, Inf. clout, Inf. slug, Inf. whack, Inf. wallop, Inf. crown, Sl. conk, Sl. belt, Sl. bash, Sl. plug, Sl. sock, Sl. bop, U.S. Sl. biff, Scot. dunt, Scot, and North Eng. paik.
6. assail, beset, besiege, siege, beleaguer; plague, molest, harass, harry, harrow, worry, trouble, Scot. fash, Scot. sturt.

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  • Assault — As*sault , n. [OE. asaut, assaut, OF. assaut, asalt, F. assaut, LL. assaltus; L. ad + saltus a leaping, a springing, salire to leap. See {Assail}.] 1. A violent onset or attack with physical means, as blows, weapons, etc.; an onslaught; the rush… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Assault — As*sault , v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Assaulted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Assaulting}.] [From {Assault}, n.: cf. OF. assaulter, LL. assaltare.] 1. To make an assault upon, as by a sudden rush of armed men; to attack with unlawful or insulting physical… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • assault — n *attack, onslaught, onset Analogous words: assailing, bombarding or bombardment, storming or storm (see corresponding verbs at ATTACK): *invasion, incursion, raid assault vb storm, *attack, bombard, assail …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

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  • assault — ► NOUN 1) a violent attack. 2) Law an act that threatens physical harm to a person. 3) a concentrated attempt to do something difficult. ► VERB ▪ make an assault on. DERIVATIVES assaultive adjective …   English terms dictionary

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