I.
noun
1 crime of attacking sb
ADJECTIVE
▪ brutal , ferocious , savage , vicious , violent
▪ armed
▪ criminal
▪ common ( BrE , law )
▪ aggravated ( law ), serious
▪ felonious , felony , misdemeanor (all AmE , law )
▪ alleged
▪ attempted
▪ indecent , physical , racial ( esp. BrE ), sexual
▪
He was convicted of rape and another six counts of indecent ~.
▪ domestic
… OF ASSAULTS
▪ series , wave
VERB + ASSAULT
▪ carry out ( esp. BrE ), commit
▪
~s committed by teenagers
▪ be the victim of , suffer
▪ report
▪
He reported the ~ to the police.
ASSAULT + VERB
▪ happen , occur , take place
PREPOSITION
▪ ~ against
▪
Better street lighting has helped reduce the number of ~s against women.
▪ ~ on , ~ upon
PHRASES
▪ allegations of ~
▪
allegations of police ~ on the boy
▪ ~ and battery ( law )
2 military/verbal attack
ADJECTIVE
▪ all-out , direct , frontal , full-scale , major , massive
▪
After an all-out ~ the town was captured by the enemy.
▪ deadly , fierce
▪ fresh , further
▪ sustained
▪
She used the article to make a sustained ~ on her former political allies.
▪ relentless
▪ initial
▪ final
▪ successful
▪ aerial , air , airborne , amphibious , ground
▪
air ~s by fighter planes
▪ military
▪ terrorist
▪ verbal
▪ legal
▪
a two-year legal ~ on alleged tax fraud
… OF ASSAULTS
▪ series
VERB + ASSAULT
▪ begin , carry out , conduct , launch , lead , make , mount
▪
Enemy troops launched an ~ on the town.
▪ launch into
▪
He launched into a verbal ~ on tabloid journalism.
▪ come under , face
▪
The factory came under ~ from soldiers in the mountains.
▪ survive , withstand
▪
The garrison was built to withstand ~s.
ASSAULT + NOUN
▪ course ( BrE )
▪
They took part in a vigorous army ~ course.
▪ operation
▪ gun , rifle , weapon
▪ force , team , troops
▪ helicopter , ship , vehicle
PREPOSITION
▪ under ~
▪
Today these values are under ~.
▪ ~ on
▪
a series of ~s on enemy targets
II.
verb
ADVERB
▪ brutally , seriously ( esp. BrE ), violently ( esp. BrE )
▪ indecently ( BrE ), physically , sexually , verbally
▪ allegedly
Assault is used with these nouns as the object: ↑ ear , ↑ woman