Synonym: attack, charge, offense, onslaught. Similar words: pass away, vassal, passage, ambassador, haul, sauce, essay, adult. Meaning: [ə'sɔːlt] n. 1. close fighting during the culmination of a military attack 2. a threatened or attempted physical attack by someone who appears to be able to cause bodily harm if not stopped 3. thoroughbred that won the triple crown in 1946 4. the crime of forcing a woman to submit to sexual intercourse against her will. v. 1. attack someone physically or emotionally 2. force (someone) to have sex against their will 3. attack in speech or writing.
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(61) He had attempted to sexually assault the woman but was scared off when she shouted for help.
(62) The factory came under assault from soldiers in the mountains.
(63) She is an adept rock-climber and a past master of the assault course.
(64) The government has mounted a new assault on unemployment .
(65) He was found guilty on a reduced charge of assault.
(66) She used the article to make a sustained assault on her former political allies.
(67) A third brigade is at sea, ready for an amphibious assault.
(68) The rebels responded to a military onslaught against them by launching a major assault on an army camp.
(69) According to a strict definition of "assault", she was not assaulted.
(70) The Court ordered Dr Williams to pay £300 compensation and £100 costs after admitting assault.
(71) You know you are liable to be cross-examined mercilessly about the assault.
(72) In mitigation, the defence lawyer said his client was seriously depressed at the time of the assault.
(73) But Falkenhayn's assault on Verdun disrupted the Allied plans.
(74) No problem can stand the assault of sustained thinking. Voltaire
(75) Pratt denies assault causing actual bodily harm.
(76) He said they were not assault rifles.
(77) He was convicted of adultery and indecent assault.
(78) He still stands for repealing the assault weapons ban.
(79) For many, the real test was the assault course. Sentencedict.com
(80) Against the assault of laughter nothing can stand. Mark Twain
(81) Danjuma, 36, of Wigan, denies five indecent assault charges.
(82) For medical treatment after the assault.
(83) To them, hypocrisy is aggravated assault by other means.
(84) It was held that there was no indecent assault.
(85) Cecil, fetch the assault cannon from the armoury.
(86) Ann Chinket and husband Ian, both 34, deny assault.
(87) She served three years in prison for assault.
(88) He is understood to have approached the youths about an alleged assault in which a shop assistant was hurt.
(89) They had wide powers to arrest persons suspected of committing such crimes as theft, burglary, and serious assault.
(90) There are numerous recent cases of character assassination and reputation assault that would discourage any sane person from accepting high government appointment.
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