assault
verb
[ əˈsɔːlt ]
• make a physical attack on.
• "he pleaded guilty to assaulting a police officer"
Similar:
hit,
strike,
physically attack,
aim blows at,
slap,
smack,
beat,
thrash,
spank,
thump,
thwack,
punch,
cuff,
swat,
knock,
rap,
pummel,
pound,
batter,
pelt,
welt,
cane,
lash,
whip,
club,
cudgel,
box someone's ears,
clout,
wallop,
belt,
whack,
bash,
clobber,
bop,
biff,
sock,
deck,
slug,
plug,
knock about,
knock around,
lay into,
do over,
rough up,
quilt,
smite,
sexually assault,
abuse,
molest,
rape,
interfere with,
assault
noun
• a physical attack.
• "his imprisonment for an assault on the film director"
• a concerted attempt to do something demanding.
• "a winter assault on Mt Everest"
Origin:
Middle English: from Old French asaut (noun), assauter (verb), based on Latin ad- ‘to’ + saltare, frequentative of salire ‘to leap’. Compare with assail.
