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to assault
Grammatical Information
Composition
Simple
Action verb
Regular
Present tense
assault
3rd person singular
assaults
Present participle
assaulting
Past simple
assaulted
Past participle
assaulted
02
to aggressively criticize or attack someone through speech or writing
Transitive: to assault sb/sth
03
to force someone to engage in sexual activity without their consent
Transitive: to assault sb
Assault
01
an act of crime in which someone physically attacks another person
Grammatical Information
Animacy status
Abstract
Composition
Simple
Countable
Plural form
assaults
02
intense close-quarters combat that occurs during the final stage of a military attack or offensive
03
the criminal act of forcing someone to engage in sexual intercourse against their will
04
the act of attempting to do or achieve something difficult in a determined way
Lexical Tree
assaulter
assaultive
assault
