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Synonyms
as·sault (ə-sôlt́)

[Middle English assaut, from Old French, from Vulgar Latin* assaltus, variant of Latin assultus, from past participle of assilīre, to jump on; see assail.]

noun 

  1. A violent physical or verbal attack.
    1. A military attack, such as one launched against a fortified area or place.
    2. The concluding stage of an attack in which close combat occurs with the enemy.
  3. Law
    1. An unlawful threat or attempt to do bodily injury to another.
    2. The act or an instance of unlawfully threatening or attempting to injure another.
    1. Law Sexual assault.
    2. The crime of rape.

verb: -sault·ed, -sault·ing, -saults. 

transitive verb 

  1. To make an assault upon; attack. See synonyms at attack
  2. To rape.

intransitive verb 

To make an assault.

derivatives

as·sault́er
noun