Overview of noun assault

The noun assault has 4 senses

• assault -- (close fighting during the culmination of a military attack)


• assault -- (a threatened or attempted physical attack by someone who appears to be able to cause bodily harm if not stopped)


• Assault -- (thoroughbred that won the triple crown in 1946)


• rape, violation, assault, ravishment -- (the crime of forcing a woman to submit to sexual intercourse against her will)

Overview of verb assault

The verb assault has 3 senses

• assail, assault, set on, attack -- (attack someone physically or emotionally; "The mugger assaulted the woman"; "Nightmares assailed him regularly")


• rape, ravish, violate, assault, dishonor, dishonour, outrage -- (force (someone) to have sex against their will; "The woman was raped on her way home at night")


• attack, round, assail, lash out, snipe, assault -- (attack in speech or writing; "The editors of the left-leaning paper attacked the new House Speaker")