Dictionary Entry
assault
assault is a 7-letter English word with 12 senses as noun and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: 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. Face value is 7 in Scrabble and 9 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
7 letters · Scrabble 7 · Words With Friends 9 · 12 senses
Definitions
- 1noun
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.
- 2noun
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.
- 3noun
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.
- 4noun
To make an assault upon, as by a sudden rush of armed men; to attack with unlawful or insulting physical violence or menaces.
- 5noun
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.
- 6noun
a threatened or attempted physical attack by someone who appears to be able to cause bodily harm if not stopped
- 7noun
the crime of forcing a woman to submit to sexual intercourse against her will
Synonyms
- 8noun
close fighting during the culmination of a military attack
- 9noun
thoroughbred that won the triple crown in 1946
- 10verb
attack in speech or writing
"The editors of the left-leaning paper attacked the new House Speaker"
- 11verb
attack someone physically or emotionally
"The mugger assaulted the woman"
"Nightmares assailed him regularly"
- 12verb
force (someone) to have sex against their will
"The woman was raped on her way home at night"
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