assault
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6.9
- noun
- /əˈsɔlt/
- Specialized
:
asalto
- We will proceed with a direct frontal assault tomorrow at dusk.
- launch a assault
- lead the assault
- amphibious assault
Look at any airborne assault whether it's Normandy.
- Look at any airborne assault whether it's Normandy.
- They they executed one of the most successful assaults to date to date.
- And yet without the trenches, with successful assaults, it would only be worse.
- It was obvious that the great assault was soon to come.
- So I was, I was the assault force commander.
Examples
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Such measures are best invoked during a direct assault, when they are most effective.
Fiction book (1991) -
This time the assault made slow but steady progress.
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He'll be leading the first assault.
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So the assault force picks up right away.
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Thus was the tide of the Imperial assault checked.
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It was obvious that the great assault was soon to come.
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The Goths make their first assault with a giant siege tower.
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The truth exposed by Ashcroft ended up accelerating the activist assault on American detention policies.
Academic text (2011) -
The few Africans left fighting go down before the withering assault of clubs, fists, and boots.
Fiction book (1992) -
The soldiers bravely launched their assault on the enemy's fortified position at dawn.
Synonyms
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1.4
A violent action that harms people or damages things
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1.4
A violent fight between armed groups in a war
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3.5
A fight between soldiers or armed groups in a war
373
4.9
A sudden attack by police or soldiers on a place
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7.0
A military attack to destroy a specific target
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7.1
A fight between armed groups during a war
30
7.6
A sudden violent attack, often by soldiers or severe weather
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4.9
A fight between soldiers or military groups using weapons
Compounds
- Specialized
36
4.8
A military gun that fires many bullets fast and holds them in a removable box
- NSFW
25
7.9
A violent attack on someone, often with a weapon, that causes serious injury
- Archaic
An armored vehicle with a large gun on a tank body that supports soldiers and fights tanks
- Specialized
A rifle used by soldiers that can fire many shots quickly and has a large magazine
How Intense
Surface Forms
Etymology
Assault comes from an old Latin root salt- meaning 'to jump', the same root you see in somersault; it originally meant to 'leap at' the enemy, which is why an assault is a close, forceful attack in battle.