assault
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ssault
ˈsɔlt
sawlt
/ɐsˈɒlt/

āχāĻ‚āϰ⧇āϜāĻŋāϤ⧇ "assault"āĻāϰ āϏāĻ‚āĻœā§āĻžāĻž āĻ“ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ

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āφāĻ•ā§āϰāĻŽāĻŖ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻšāĻžāĻŽāϞāĻž āĻ•āϰāĻž

to violently attack someone
Transitive: to assault sb
to assault definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The police arrested the suspect for attempting to assault a pedestrian.
āĻĒ⧁āϞāĻŋāĻļ āĻāĻ•āϜāύ āĻĒāĻĨāϚāĻžāϰ⧀āϕ⧇ āφāĻ•ā§āϰāĻŽāĻŖ āĻ•āϰāĻžāϰ āĻšā§‡āĻˇā§āϟāĻžāϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āϏāĻ¨ā§āĻĻ⧇āĻšāĻ­āĻžāϜāύāϕ⧇ āĻ—ā§āϰ⧇āĻĒā§āϤāĻžāϰ āĻ•āϰ⧇āϛ⧇āĨ¤
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āφāĻ•ā§āϰāĻŽāĻŖ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āφāĻ•ā§āϰāĻŽāύāĻžāĻ¤ā§āĻŽāĻ•āĻ­āĻžāĻŦ⧇ āϏāĻŽāĻžāϞ⧋āϚāύāĻž āĻ•āϰāĻž

to aggressively criticize or attack someone through speech or writing
Transitive: to assault sb/sth
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
She felt personally assaulted after reading the cruel comments about her online.
āĻ…āύāϞāĻžāχāύ⧇ āϤāĻžāϰ āϏāĻŽā§āĻĒāĻ°ā§āϕ⧇ āύāĻŋāĻˇā§āϠ⧁āϰ āĻŽāĻ¨ā§āϤāĻŦā§āϝ āĻĒāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāϰ āĻĒāϰ⧇ āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āĻŦā§āϝāĻ•ā§āϤāĻŋāĻ—āϤāĻ­āĻžāĻŦ⧇ āφāĻ•ā§āϰāĻžāĻ¨ā§āϤ āĻŦā§‹āϧ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύāĨ¤
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āϧāĻ°ā§āώāĻŖ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āϝ⧌āύ āφāĻ•ā§āϰāĻŽāĻŖ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to force someone to engage in sexual activity without their consent
Transitive: to assault sb
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
He was arrested after attempting to assault the victim.
āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āĻļāĻŋāĻ•āĻžāϰāϕ⧇ āφāĻ•ā§āϰāĻŽāĻŖ āĻ•āϰāĻžāϰ āĻšā§‡āĻˇā§āϟāĻž āĻ•āϰāĻžāϰ āĻĒāϰ⧇ āĻ—ā§āϰ⧇āĻĒā§āϤāĻžāϰ āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύāĨ¤
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āφāĻ•ā§āϰāĻŽāĻŖ, āĻšāĻžāĻŽāϞāĻž

an act of crime in which someone physically attacks another person
assault definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The victim sustained injuries during the assault and was taken to the hospital for treatment.
āφāĻ•ā§āϰāĻžāĻ¨ā§āϤ āĻšāĻžāĻŽāϞāĻž āϚāϞāĻžāĻ•āĻžāϞ⧇ āφāĻšāϤ āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āϚāĻŋāĻ•āĻŋā§ŽāϏāĻžāϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āĻšāĻžāϏāĻĒāĻžāϤāĻžāϞ⧇ āύ⧇āĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
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āφāĻ•ā§āϰāĻŽāĻŖ

intense close-quarters combat that occurs during the final stage of a military attack or offensive
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The assault on the fortress was the decisive battle that ended the war.
āĻĻ⧁āĻ°ā§āϗ⧇ āφāĻ•ā§āϰāĻŽāĻŖ āĻ›āĻŋāϞ āϝ⧁āĻĻā§āϧ āĻļ⧇āώāĻ•āĻžāϰ⧀ āύāĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŖāĻžāϝāĻŧāĻ• āϝ⧁āĻĻā§āϧāĨ¤
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the criminal act of forcing someone to engage in sexual intercourse against their will

āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Victims of assault are offered legal and medical assistance.
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āφāĻ•ā§āϰāĻŽāĻŖ, āϧāĻžāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž

the act of attempting to do or achieve something difficult in a determined way
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
His assault on the record books came after years of rigorous training and dedication.
āϰ⧇āĻ•āĻ°ā§āĻĄ āĻŦāχāϗ⧁āϞāĻŋāϤ⧇ āϤāĻžāρāϰ āφāĻ•ā§āϰāĻŽāĻŖ āĻāϏ⧇āϛ⧇ āĻ•āĻ ā§‹āϰ āĻĒā§āϰāĻļāĻŋāĻ•ā§āώāĻŖ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āύāĻŋāĻˇā§āĻ āĻžāϰ āĻŦāĻ›āϰāϗ⧁āϞāĻŋāϰ āĻĒāϰ⧇āĨ¤

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