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n.
assault
(also fig .)
1) to carry out, make; launch, mount; lead, spearhead; press an ~
2) to provoke an ~
3) to blunt; break up, repel, repulse an ~
4) (often mil .) an all-out, concerted, full-scale; coordinated; mock; pre-emptive; sneak, surprise ~
5) ( usu. mil .) an air; enemy; flank; frontal; torpedo ~
6) a bitter, blistering, savage, scathing, sharp, violent; scurrilous, vicious; unprovoked; wanton ~
7) an ~ fails, fizzles out; succeeds
8) an ~ against, on (our forces launched an all-out ~ against the enemy; he made a blistering ~ on his opponent)
9) under ~
onset of an ailment
10) to have an ~ (she had an ~ of hiccups)
11) an acute; light, slight; recurrent; sudden ~
12) a fatal; heart ~
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v. to ~ viciously