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Definition of Assault

Assault 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. 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. 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. To make an assault upon, as by a sudden rush of armed men; to attack with unlawful or insulting physical violence or menaces. 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. Related Definitions: Accompanied, Administration, Aimed, An, And, Another, Apparently, Armed, As, Assail, Assault, At, Attack, Attacking, Attempt, Battery, Beat, Blow, But, By, Cane, Charge, Constitution, Degree, Do, Effect, Fist, Force, Government, Him, His, House, Hurt, If, In, Insulting, Is, It, Lifting, Like, Make, Man, Manner, Men, Missing, Moral, Of, Offer, On, Onset, Onslaught, Or, Person, Physical, Prince, Producing, Reputation, Rush, Striking, Sudden, The, Threatening, To, Touching, Town, Unfriendly, Unlawful, Upon, View, Violence, Violent, Willful, With, Without

Assault Quotations Against the assault of laughter nothing can stand. Mark Twain You don't lead by hitting people over the head - that's assault, not leadership. Dwight D. Eisenhower No problem can withstand the assault of sustained thinking. Voltaire A man cannot lay down the right of resisting them that assault him by force, to take away his life. Thomas Hobbes The modern assault on the environment began about 50 years ago, during and immediately after World War II. Barry Commoner

Assault Translations assault in Afrikaans is aanval, aanslag assault in Danish is anslag, angribe assault in Dutch is aanvallen, aantasten assault in French is attenter, assaut, assaille, assaillez, assaillent assault in German is angreifen assault in Italian is assalire, assalto assault in Latin is insultus, oppugno, impugno, ingruo assault in Portuguese is assalto

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