assault
verb/əˈsɔːlt/
/əˈsɔːlt/
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they assault | /əˈsɔːlt/ /əˈsɔːlt/ |
| he / she / it assaults | /əˈsɔːlts/ /əˈsɔːlts/ |
| past simple assaulted | /əˈsɔːltɪd/ /əˈsɔːltɪd/ |
| past participle assaulted | /əˈsɔːltɪd/ /əˈsɔːltɪd/ |
| -ing form assaulting | /əˈsɔːltɪŋ/ /əˈsɔːltɪŋ/ |
- assault somebody to attack somebody violently, especially when this is a crime
- He has been charged with assaulting a police officer.
- Four women have been sexually assaulted in the area recently.
- He admitted indecently assaulting three men.
- Many healthcare workers say they have been physically assaulted by patients.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- brutally
- seriously
- violently
- …
- assault something (formal) to affect your senses in a way that is very unpleasant or uncomfortable
- Loud rock music assaulted our ears.
Word OriginMiddle English: from Old French asaut (noun), assauter (verb), based on Latin ad- ‘to’ + saltare, frequentative of salire ‘to leap’. Compare with assail.
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