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| NOUN | 1 | assault | Close fighting during the culmination of a military attack |
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| 2 | assault | A threatened or attempted physical attack by someone who appears to be able to cause bodily harm if not stopped | |
| 3 | Assault | Thoroughbred that won the triple crown in 1946 | |
| 4 | assault, rape, violation, ravishment | The crime of forcing a woman to submit to sexual intercourse against her will | |
| VERB | 1 | assault, assail, set on, attack | Attack someone physically or emotionally |
| 2 | assault, rape, ravish, violate, dishonor, dishonour, outrage | Force (someone) to have sex against their will | |
| 3 | assault, attack, round, assail, lash out, snipe | Attack in speech or writing |
| Sounds | ahsao'lt |
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| Rhymes | asphalt, basalt, cobalt, and 10 more rhymes in aolt... |
| Meaning | Close fighting during the culmination of a military attack. |
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| Part of | attack, onslaught, onset, onrush |
| Category | military, armed forces, armed services, military machine, war machine |
| Broader | battle, conflict, fight, engagement |
| Narrower | resisting arrest; storm |
| Meaning | A threatened or attempted physical attack by someone who appears to be able to cause bodily harm if not stopped. |
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| Broader | attack, attempt |
| Narrower | aggravated assault; battery, assault and battery; mugging |
| Verbs | assault |
| Meaning | Thoroughbred that won the triple crown in 1946. |
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| Instance of | thoroughbred |
| Meaning | The crime of forcing a woman to submit to sexual intercourse against her will. |
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| Synonyms | rape, violation, ravishment |
| Broader | sexual assault, sexual abuse, sex crime, sex offense |
| Narrower | date rape; statutory rape, carnal abuse |
| Verbs | assault |
| Meaning | Attack someone physically or emotionally. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s somebody |
| Examples | "The mugger assaulted the woman" |
| Synonyms | assail, set on, attack |
| Narrower | bait; sic, set; bulldog; rush; blindside; savage; reassail; jump; beset, set upon; rape, ravish, violate, assault, dishonor, dishonour, outrage; desecrate, profane, outrage, violate; molest |
| Entailed by | hold up, stick up |
| Adjectives | assaultive; assaultive |
| Nouns | assaulter; assault; assault |
| Meaning | Force (someone) to have sex against their will. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody |
| Synonyms | rape, ravish, violate, dishonor, dishonour, outrage |
| Broader | assail, assault, set on, attack |
| Narrower | gang-rape |
| Adjectives | assaultive; assaultive |
| Meaning | Attack in speech or writing. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s somebody; Something ----s something |
| Synonyms | attack, round, assail, lash out, snipe |
| Broader | knock, criticize, criticise, pick apart |
| Narrower | abuse, clapperclaw, blackguard, shout; claw; vitriol; rip; whang; bombard, barrage; blister, scald, whip; rubbish |
| Adjectives | assaultive; assaultive |
| Nouns | assaulter |
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