transcription, транскрипция: [ əsɔ:lt ]
( assaults, assaulting, assaulted)
Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English.
1.
An assault by an army is a strong attack made on an area held by the enemy.
The rebels are poised for a new assault on the government garrisons...
= attack
N-COUNT : oft N on/upon/against n
2.
Assault weapons such as rifles are intended for soldiers to use in battle rather than for purposes such as hunting.
ADJ : ADJ n
3.
An assault on a person is a physical attack on them.
The attack is one of a series of savage sexual assaults on women in the university area...
At the police station, I was charged with assault.
N-VAR : oft N on/upon n
4.
To assault someone means to physically attack them.
The gang assaulted him with iron bars...
She may have been sexually assaulted by her killer.
= attack
VERB : V n , V n
5.
An assault on someone’s beliefs is a strong criticism of them.
He leveled a verbal assault against his Democratic opponents.
N-COUNT : oft N on/upon/against n