Definitions from Wiktionary (assault)
▸ noun: A violent onset or attack with physical means, for example blows, weapons, etc.
▸ noun: A violent verbal attack, for example with insults, criticism, and the like
▸ noun: (criminal law) An attempt to commit battery: a violent attempt, or willful effort with force or violence, to do hurt to another, but without necessarily touching the person, such as by raising a fist in a threatening manner, or by striking at the person and missing.
▸ noun: (singular only, law) The crime whose action is such an attempt.
▸ noun: (tort law) An act that causes someone to apprehend imminent bodily harm (such as brandishing a weapon).
▸ noun: (singular only, law) The tort whose action is such an act.
▸ noun: (fencing) A non-competitive combat between two fencers.
▸ verb: (transitive) To attack, physically or figuratively; to assail.
▸ verb: (transitive) To threaten or harass.
▸ Also see assault
sexual assaults,
aggravated assaults,
indecent assaults,
Soviet OMON assaults on Lithuanian border posts,
We Are Sthlm sexual assaults,
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▸ noun: A violent onset or attack with physical means, for example blows, weapons, etc.
▸ noun: A violent verbal attack, for example with insults, criticism, and the like
▸ noun: (criminal law) An attempt to commit battery: a violent attempt, or willful effort with force or violence, to do hurt to another, but without necessarily touching the person, such as by raising a fist in a threatening manner, or by striking at the person and missing.
▸ noun: (singular only, law) The crime whose action is such an attempt.
▸ noun: (tort law) An act that causes someone to apprehend imminent bodily harm (such as brandishing a weapon).
▸ noun: (singular only, law) The tort whose action is such an act.
▸ noun: (fencing) A non-competitive combat between two fencers.
▸ verb: (transitive) To attack, physically or figuratively; to assail.
▸ verb: (transitive) To threaten or harass.
▸ Also see assault
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Types:
sexual assault,
battery,
aggravated assault,
felonious assault,
simple assault,
assault and battery,
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