单词 | assault |
释义 | Word Frequency assault(əˈsɔːlt) noun 1. a violent attack, either physical or verbal 2. law an intentional or reckless act that causes another person to expect to be subjected to immediate and unlawful violence Compare battery (sense 4), assault and battery 3. a. the culmination of a military attack, in which fighting takes place at close quarters b. (as modifier) assault troops 4. rape or attempted rape verb (transitive) 5. to make an assault upon 6. to rape or attempt to rape Derived forms assaulter (asˈsaulter) noun assaultive (asˈsaultive) adjective Word origin C13: from Old French asaut, from Vulgar Latin assaltus (unattested), from assalīre (unattested) to leap upon; see assail |
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