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English to English noun
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close fighting during the culmination of a military attack |  | source: wordnet30
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a threatened or attempted physical attack by someone who appears to be able to cause bodily harm if not stopped | | source: wordnet30
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thoroughbred that won the triple crown in 1946 | | source: wordnet30
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the crime of forcing a woman to submit to sexual intercourse against her will | | source: wordnet30
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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. | | source: webster1913
verb
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attack someone physically or emotionally | | Example: The mugger assaulted the woman
Nightmares assailed him regularly
source: wordnet30
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force (someone) to have sex against their will | | Example: The woman was raped on her way home at night
source: wordnet30
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attack in speech or writing | | Example: The editors of the left-leaning paper attacked the new House Speaker
source: wordnet30
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To make an assault upon, as by a sudden rush of armed men; to attack with unlawful or insulting physical violence or menaces. | | source: webster1913
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