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Synonyms for assault
əˈsɔltas·sault
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English Synonyms and Antonyms
assaultverb
To attack is to begin hostilities of any kind. A general invades a country by marching in troops; he attacks a city by drawing up an army against it; he assaults it by hurling his troops directly upon its defenses. Assail and assault, tho of the same original etymology, have diverged in meaning, so that assault alone retains the meaning of direct personal violence. One may assail another with reproaches; he assaults him with a blow, a brandished weapon, etc. Armies or squadrons charge; combat and encounter may be said of individual contests. To beset is to set around, or, so to speak, to stud one's path, with menaces, attacks, or persuasions. To besiege and beleaguer are the acts of armies. To encounter is to meet face to face, and may be said either of the attacking or of the resisting force or person, or of both.
Synonyms:
assail, attack, attack, beleaguer, beset, besiege, charge, combat, encounter, fall upon, invade, set upon, stormAntonyms:
aid, befriend, cover, defend, protect, resist, shelter, shield, support, sustain, uphold, withstandPreposition:
We were attacked by the enemy with cannon and musketry.
Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms
assault
Synonyms:
onset, attack, aggression, onslaughtAntonyms:
defense, resistance, repulsion, retaliation, undermining, sapping, stratagem
Princeton's WordNet
assaultnoun
close fighting during the culmination of a military attack
Synonyms:
violation, ravishment, rapeassaultnoun
a threatened or attempted physical attack by someone who appears to be able to cause bodily harm if not stopped
Synonyms:
violation, ravishment, rapeAssaultnoun
thoroughbred that won the triple crown in 1946
Synonyms:
violation, ravishment, raperape, violation, assault, ravishmentverb
the crime of forcing a woman to submit to sexual intercourse against her will
Synonyms:
ravishment, violation, misdemeanor, irreverence, usurpation, infraction, rapine, intrusion, infringement, misdemeanour, rape, colza, trespass, entrancement, encroachmentassail, assault, set on, attackverb
attack someone physically or emotionally
"The mugger assaulted the woman"; "Nightmares assailed him regularly"
Synonyms:
violate, set on, assail, lash out, snipe, ravish, round, dishonour, outrage, rape, dishonor, attack, aggressrape, ravish, violate, assault, dishonor, dishonour, outrageverb
force (someone) to have sex against their will
"The woman was raped on her way home at night"
Synonyms:
snipe, delight, set on, ravish, dishonour, scandalise, offend, enthrall, profane, scandalize, disgrace, plunder, desecrate, lash out, transgress, shame, assail, enthral, round, appal, attack, enrapture, despoil, dishonor, transport, breach, rape, attaint, violate, infract, shock, outrage, appall, break, enchant, go against, spoilattack, round, assail, lash out, snipe, assaultverb
attack in speech or writing
"The editors of the left-leaning paper attacked the new House Speaker"
Synonyms:
ravish, round out, set on, polish up, rape, violate, round down, polish, snipe, lash out, outrage, assail, fill out, dishonor, round, labialise, brush up, attack, labialize, flesh out, aggress, dishonour, sharpshoot, round off
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Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#1309 | round | |
#1453 | charge | |
#1605 | rape | |
#1618 | break | |
#1747 | transport | |
#2225 | abuse | |
#2262 | attack | |
#2720 | violence | |
#3413 | storm | |
#3651 | attacks | |
#4575 | combat | |
#4602 | shock | |
#4693 | violation | |
#4835 | polish | |
#6171 | assault | |
#6274 | offensive | |
#7693 | encounter | |
#8184 | shame | |
#9001 | breach | |
#9338 | delight | |
#9984 | infringement | |
#10348 | beating | |
#11826 | onset | |
#12746 | violate | |
#12999 | intrusion | |
#15217 | aggression | |
#20114 | outrage | |
#21366 | misdemeanor | |
#21436 | spoil | |
#21460 | invade | |
#23039 | offend | |
#26358 | assaults | |
#26615 | disgrace | |
#30473 | onslaught | |
#32543 | profane | |
#33365 | trespass | |
#37254 | plunder | |
#39458 | encroachment | |
#40021 | infraction | |
#40066 | storming | |
#43281 | snipe | |
#46693 | beset | |
#53037 | enchant | |
#59800 | dishonor | |
#82174 | assail | |
#84503 | mugging | |
#92722 | dishonour | |
#94963 | usurpation | |
#98708 | transgress | |
#109495 | irreverence | |
#132871 | desecrate | |
#141616 | besiege | |
#151654 | ravish | |
#162161 | enthrall | |
#187358 | misdemeanour | |
#216390 | appal | |
#220972 | rapine | |
#228192 | despoil | |
#290491 | appall | |
#312972 | colza | |
#331149 | enthral |
How to use assault in a sentence?
All too often our society, criminal legal system, and private institutions fail to hold those who commit sexual harassment, assault, and abuse accountable, whenever sexual harassment and abuse are not taken seriously and handled with impunity, this contributes to the cycle of future harm.
I think that that's what sexual assault also looks like in the 21st century, with phones, like, no, physically, someone's not touching you and doing something, but they're taking your physical body and doing whatever they want to it, or with it.
I will not abridge my freedoms so as not to offend savages, freedom of speech is under violent assault here.
The assault on Aleppo that everyone has been expecting is beginning, it does n’t look good.
This guy, as I said, has acknowledged that he has been a sexual predator. He's acknowledged that he's abused his power. And … as I said, the textbook definition of what constitutes sexual assault.
Translations for assault
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- اعتداء, اِقْتِحامArabic
- щурмувам, нападение, щурм, атакувам, атакаBulgarian
- überfallen, Anschlag, angreifenGerman
- sturmoEsperanto
- atacar, acometimiento, asalto, asaltarSpanish
- یورش, تجاوزPersian
- agression, attaquer, assautFrench
- megtámadHungarian
- áhlaupIcelandic
- assalto, attaccare, molestare, assalire, attacco, aggredire, aggressioneItalian
- 突撃, 攻撃, 攻めるJapanese
- თავდასხმაGeorgian
- assultōLatin
- taiapuMāori
- aanranden, vergrijpen, aanrandingDutch
- voldtaNorwegian
- napaśćPolish
- assaltoPortuguese
- напасть, штурм, атаковать, атака, нападение, штурмовать, нападатьRussian
- saldırıTurkish
- حملہUrdu
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