n. 25B6; verb
he assaulted a police officer : ATTACK, hit, strike, punch, beat up, thump; pummel, pound, batter; informal clout, wallop, belt, clobber, bop, biff, sock, deck, slug, plug, lay into, do over, rough up; Austral. informal quilt; poetic/literary smite.
they left to assault the hill : ATTACK, assail, pounce on, set upon, strike, fall on, swoop on, rush, storm, besiege.
he first assaulted then murdered her : RAPE, sexually assault, molest, interfere with.
25B6; noun
he was charged with assault : BATTERY, violence; sexual assault, rape; Brit. grievous bodily harm, GBH, actual bodily harm, ABH.
an assault on the city : ATTACK, strike, onslaught, offensive, charge, push, thrust, invasion, bombardment, sortie, incursion, raid, blitz, campaign.