Search Details
Word: assault
(lookup usage)
(lookup stats)
Meaning:
Noun:
- 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.
- A violent onset or attack with physical means, as blows, weapons, etc.; an onslaught; the rush or charge of an attacking force; onset; as, to make assault upon a man, a house, or a town.
- criminal|legal An attempt to commit battery: a violent attempt, or willful effort with force or violence, to do hurt to another, but without necessarily touching his person, as by lifting a fist in a threatening manner, or by striking at him and missing him.
- tort|_|legal An act that causes someone to fear imminent bodily harm.
- fencing A non-competitive combat between two fencers.
- legal The crime whose action is such an attempt.
- legal The tort whose action is such an act.
Source: Wiktionary
| Src Info »
Verb:
- To attack, threaten or harass.
Source: Wiktionary
| Src Info »