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English noun: assault | |||
| 1. | assault (act) close fighting during the culmination of a military attack | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | battle, conflict, engagement, fight | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | resisting arrest, storm | ||
| Part meronym | attack, onrush, onset, onslaught | ||
| Domain category | armed forces, armed services, military, military machine, war machine | ||
| 2. | assault (act) a threatened or attempted physical attack by someone who appears to be able to cause bodily harm if not stopped | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | attack, attempt | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | aggravated assault, assault and battery, battery, mugging | ||
| 3. | Assault (animal) thoroughbred that won the triple crown in 1946 | ||
| Instance hypernym | thoroughbred | ||
| 4. | assault (act) the crime of forcing a woman to submit to sexual intercourse against her will | ||
| Synonyms | rape, ravishment, violation | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | sex crime, sex offense, sexual abuse, sexual assault | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | carnal abuse, date rape, statutory rape | ||
English verb: assault | |||
| 1. | assault (competition) attack someone physically or emotionally | ||
| Samples | The mugger assaulted the woman. Nightmares assailed him regularly. | ||
| Synonyms | assail, attack, set on | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Somebody ----s somebody. Something ----s somebody | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | assault, bait, beset, blindside, bulldog, desecrate, dishonor, dishonour, jump, molest, outrage, outrage, profane, rape, ravish, reassail, rush, savage, set, set upon, sic, violate, violate | ||
| 2. | assault (social) force (someone) to have sex against their will | ||
| Samples | The woman was raped on her way home at night. | ||
| Synonyms | dishonor, dishonour, outrage, rape, ravish, violate | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s somebody | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | assail, assault, attack, set on | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | gang-rape | ||
| 3. | assault (communication) attack in speech or writing | ||
| Samples | The editors of the left-leaning paper attacked the new House Speaker. | ||
| Synonyms | assail, attack, lash out, round, snipe | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Somebody ----s somebody. Something ----s somebody. Something ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | criticise, criticize, knock, pick apart | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | abuse, barrage, blackguard, blister, bombard, clapperclaw, claw, rip, rubbish, scald, shout, vitriol, whang, whip | ||
Based on WordNet 3.0 copyright © Princeton University.
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