assault
[ә'sɒ:t]
n. 击, 袭击

vt. 袭击, 击

vi. 动击

[医] 暴, 击, 侵袭

1. They made an assault on the enemy's position.
   突袭敌。
2. Six women have been sexually assaulted in the area recently.
   带女遭受奸猥亵。
3. A deep, wide ditch, usually filled with water, typically surrounding a fortified medieval town, fortress, or castle as a protection against assault.
   护河深而、通常沟环绕设镇堡堡垒，抵抗袭击

assault
[ noun ]

1. close fighting during the culmination of a military attack

<noun.act>

2. a threatened or attempted physical attack by someone who appears to be able to cause bodily harm if not stopped

<noun.act>

3. thoroughbred that won the triple crown in 1946

<noun.animal>

4. the crime of forcing a woman to submit to sexual intercourse against her will

<noun.act>

[ verb ]

1. attack someone physically or emotionally

<verb.competition> assail attack set on
The mugger assaulted the woman
Nightmares assailed him regularly

2. force (someone) to have sex against their will

<verb.social> dishonor dishonour outrage rape ravish violate
The woman was raped on her way home at night

3. attack in speech or writing

<verb.communication> assail attack lash out round snipe
The editors of the left-leaning paper attacked the new House Speaker

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 violence or
menaces.

Insnared, assaulted, overcome, led bound. --Milton.

2. To attack with moral means, or with a view of producing
moral effects; to attack by words, arguments, or
unfriendly measures; to assail; as, to assault a
reputation or an administration.

Before the gates, the cries of babes newborn, . . .
Assault his ears. --Dryden.

Note: In the latter sense, assail is more common.

Syn: To attack; assail; invade; encounter; storm; charge. See
{Attack}.


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 or charge of an
attacking force; onset; as, to make assault upon a man, a
house, or a town.

The Spanish general prepared to renew the assault.
--Prescott.

Unshaken bears the assault
Of their most dreaded foe, the strong southwest.
--Wordsworth.

2. 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. --Clarendon.

3. (Law) An apparently violent attempt, or willful offer with
force or violence, to do hurt to another; an attempt or
offer to beat another, accompanied by a degree of
violence, but without touching his person, as by lifting
the fist, or a cane, in a threatening manner, or by
striking at him, and missing him. If the blow aimed takes
effect, it is a battery. --Blackstone. Wharton.

Practically, however, the word assault is used to
include the battery. --Mozley & W.

Syn: Attack; invasion; incursion; descent; onset; onslaught;
charge; storm.