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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.

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