to assault
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8.1
- verb
- /əˈsɔlt/
- Offensive
:
agredir sexualmente
- The victim bravely testified that he did not consent to the assault that occurred that night.
- sexually assaulted
- assaulted or raped
- sexually harassed or assaulted
She then said she'd been sexually assaulted because it's under upskirting laws.
- She then said she'd been sexually assaulted because it's under upskirting laws.
- We're starting to see reports of tea people sexually assaulting children and so on so forth.
- So we're talking about underage children being sexually assaulted, courted, groomed.
- We've seen it a million times with kids that are sexually assaulted as children.
- He's not sexually assaulting them, but he's treating them badly.
- It was to do with a paedophile and he basically sexually assaulted his grandkids.
- And then two years ago, I was drugged and assaulted.
- Yet Judge Ethan has never sexually assaulted an employee.
- We all got fucking, all of us got sexually assaulted by these men.
- To me, there is nothing more evil in this world than to than to sexually assault little kids.
- There was then a trial from one of the brothers who was accused of sexually assaulting a minor.
- No, we know someone who that says they did what got sexually assaulted.
Examples
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A friend of his had been assaulted on a bus the previous month.
Fiction book (1997) -
Three weeks later, Roe reported to the university that she had been assaulted.
Academic text (2017) -
To me, there is nothing more evil in this world than to than to sexually assault little kids.
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And if I said no, she'd assault me again.
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Biff is about to assault the mother right here.
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- You assaulting a woman when I could have prevented it is my business.
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While employed as a security guard, he sexually assaulted the same young woman.
Academic text (2000) -
The children have been abandoned, starved, beaten, sexually assaulted, and worse by those closest to them.
Academic text (1997) -
Another woman stated, "I've been physically assaulted so often that I can't recall all the incidents."
Academic text (2018) -
For example, an employee of a South Carolina hospital sexually assaulted a teenaged hospital candy striper.
Academic text (2000)
Synonyms
690
5.3
To force someone to have sex against their will
150
8.7
Touch or try to touch someone in a sexual way without their permission
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8.3
Force someone to have sex when they do not want to
5
9.9
To force someone to have sex against their will
Antonyms
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 Violent
Surface Forms
Etymology
Assault comes from an old Latin root salt- meaning 'to jump', seen in somersault; a helpful way to remember sexual assault is to think of an unwanted 'leap at' someone, which is why it means a forced sexual attack.