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Synonyms for assault
əˈsɔltas·sault

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English Synonyms and Antonyms3.0 / 3 votes

  1. 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, storm

    Antonyms:
    aid, befriend, cover, defend, protect, resist, shelter, shield, support, sustain, uphold, withstand

    Preposition:
    We were attacked by the enemy with cannon and musketry.

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms0.0 / 0 votes

  1. assault

    Synonyms:
    onset, attack, aggression, onslaught

    Antonyms:
    defense, resistance, repulsion, retaliation, undermining, sapping, stratagem

Princeton's WordNet3.0 / 1 vote

  1. assaultnoun

    close fighting during the culmination of a military attack

    Synonyms:
    violation, ravishment, rape

  2. assaultnoun

    a threatened or attempted physical attack by someone who appears to be able to cause bodily harm if not stopped

    Synonyms:
    violation, ravishment, rape

  3. Assaultnoun

    thoroughbred that won the triple crown in 1946

    Synonyms:
    violation, ravishment, rape

  4. rape, 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, encroachment

  5. assail, 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, aggress

  6. rape, 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, spoil

  7. attack, 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

Dictionary of English Synonymes0.0 / 0 votes

  1. assaultnoun

    Synonyms:
    attack, onset, onslaught, aggression, invasion, charge, thrust

  2. assaultnoun

    Synonyms:
    storming, storm

  3. assaultverb

    Synonyms:
    assail, attack, charge, invade, STORM, fall upon, fly at, bear down upon, make aggression on

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words0.0 / 0 votes

  1. assaultnoun

    Synonyms:
    onset, onslaught, charge, aggression, assailing, invasion, incursion

  2. assaultverb

    Synonyms:
    attack, assail

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How to use assault in a sentence?

  1. Laura Palumbo:

    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.

  2. Emily Tuttle:

    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.

  3. Pamela Geller:

    I will not abridge my freedoms so as not to offend savages, freedom of speech is under violent assault here.

  4. Valerie Szybala:

    The assault on Aleppo that everyone has been expecting is beginning, it does n’t look good.

  5. Vice President Biden:

    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.


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