assaultingn.
/əˈsɔːltɪŋ/ Hostile onset, attack, assault.
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society > armed hostility > attack > [noun]
fiend-reseOE
frumresec1275
assault1297
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sailing13..
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affrayc1380
outrunningc1384
resinga1387
wara1387
riota1393
assailc1400
assayc1400
onset1423
rake?a1425
pursuitc1425
assemblinga1450
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oncominga1450
assembly1487
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oncomea1500
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front1523
scry1523
attemptate1524
assaulting1548
push1565
brash1573
attempt1584
affront?1587
pulse1587
affret1590
saliaunce1590
invasion1591
assailment1592
insultation1596
aggressa1611
onslaught1613
source1616
confronta1626
impulsion1631
tentative1632
essaya1641
infall1645
attack1655
stroke1698
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onfall1837
hurrah1841
beat-up of quarters1870
offensive1887
strafe1915
grand slam1916
hop-over1918
run1941
strike1942
the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > hostile action or attack > [noun] > attack by some hostile or injurious agency
onfalleOE
oncomea1225
sailing13..
visitinga1382
siegec1385
assault1508
visitation1535
assaulting1548
onset1566
assailment1592
blow1594
insult1603
attempt1662
attack1665
offencea1677
seizure1881
the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > hostile action or attack > [noun] > action
sailing13..
assailing1340
insultation1596
attacking1657
assaulting1675
the offensive1879
1548 Hall's Vnion: Henry VIII f. cxxxiijv The assaulters to deuise, all maner of engynes for the assaultyng.
1561 J. Hollybush tr. H. Brunschwig Most Excellent Homish Apothecarye f. 44 When a man perceyueth the assaultinge of the ague.
1675 W. Sheppard Grand Abridgm. i. 307 Menacing beginneth the breach of the Peace, Assaulting, which every Battery doth imply, increaseth it, and Battery accomplisheth it.
1707 W. Hope New Method Fencing vii. 232 (heading) Laws to be observed upon the Weekly Assaulting Days.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1885; most recently modified version published online March 2018).
assaultingadj.
That assaults; attacking, assailing.
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society > armed hostility > attack > [adjective] > attacking
offending1552
assaulting1567
assailant1592
attacking1662
assailing1796
the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > hostile action or attack > [adjective] > attacking (of hostile agency)
assaulting1567
incursive1592
ingruent1610
visitatinga1625
onsetting1892
the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > hostile action or attack > [adjective] > attacking
assailing1528
assailant1592
assaulting1797
assaultive1955
weaponized1988
1567 T. Drant tr. Horace Pistles in tr. Horace Arte of Poetrie sig. Cj To master thyne assaltynge fyttes.
1797 T. Holcroft tr. F. L. Stolberg Trav. II. ci. 433 Defending himself against an assaulting lion.
1879 in Cassell's Techn. Educator IV. 139 The assaulting troops.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1885; most recently modified version published online June 2019).
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