assault1 nounassault2 verb
assaultas‧sault1 /əˈsɔːlt $ əˈsɒːlt/ ●●○ noun 
WORD ORIGINassault1
Origin:
1200-1300 Old French assaut, from Latin assaltus, past participle of assalire; ➔ ASSAILEXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
- Assaults on public transportation workers have doubled in the last 10 years.
- a massive armed assault on the city
- He was convicted of adultery and indecent assault.
- Only a successful assault on the rebel's headquarters could have ended the civil war.
- She served three years in prison for assault.
- The charges against the prisoner include criminal damage and assault.
- The Combined Fleet made plans for an assault on Midway Island.
- the problem of domestic violence and sexual assault within the home
- But the Gulf of California is closer than you think, and currently under assault by everything from pollution to poaching.
- For medical treatment after the assault.
- He admitted 25 counts of indecent assault against two sisters and a brother between 1975 and 1981.
- Just prior to our assault, they had fired 6, 000 rounds of artillery and bombed it all morning.
- Out of the darkness stepped four men with AK-47 assault rifles and Uzi submachine guns, Anaya said.
- Painter cleared of bar assault charge A SELF-employed painter and decorator was yesterday cleared of assaulting the manager of a Harrogate bar.
- Surgery, an obvious form of consensual assault, is also, understandably, permitted.
- The most highly skilled soldiers advocated rapid maneuver and quick assault when contact was made.
THESAURUSviolent crimes
noun [countable, uncountable] the crime of physically attacking someone: · He was arrested for an assault on a policeman.
noun [countable, uncountable] the crime of attacking and robbing someone in a public place: · Muggings usually happen at night.
noun [countable, uncountable] the crime of deliberately killing someone: · He is accused of the murder of five women.
noun [countable, uncountable] especially American English law murder: · Homicide rates are rising fastest amongst teenagers.
noun [countable, uncountable] the crime of forcing someone to have sex: · In most cases of rape, the victim knows her attacker.
noun [countable, uncountable] an act of using weapons against an enemy in a war: · The US was threatening to launch an attack on Iran.· The men had been carrying out rocket attacks on British forces.· Bombs have been falling throughout the night, and the city is still under attack (=being attacked).
noun [countable, uncountable] an occasion when an army enters a country and tries to take control of it: · The Allies began their invasion of Europe.· The threat of foreign invasion is very real.
noun [countable] a short attack on a place by soldiers or planes, intended to cause damage but not take control: · an air raid· NATO warplanes carried out a series of bombing raids on the city.· The village has been the target of frequent raids by rebel groups.
noun [countable] a sudden military attack, especially after a serious disagreement: · Senior Israeli officials warned that they were still considering a military strike.· the possibility of a nuclear strike
noun [countable] a military attack intended to take control of a city, area, or building controlled by an enemy: · The final military assault on Kwangju began at 3 am on May 27.· Hitler launched an all-out assault (=using as many soldiers, weapons, planes etc as possible) on Russia.
noun [countable, uncountable] a sudden attack by people who have been waiting and hiding, especially an attack on a vehicle or people who are travelling somewhere: · Five soldiers were shot in the back and killed in the ambush.· Enemy forces waiting in ambush opened fire on the vehicle.
noun [countable, uncountable] a military attack made in response to an attack by an enemy: · Government forces launched a counterattack against the guerillas.· If they successfully occupied the city, they would need to be capable of defending it against enemy counterattack.
noun [countable] formal a large violent attack by an army: · In 1544 there was a full-scale onslaught on France, in which the English took Boulogne.· The troops were preparing for another onslaught against the enemy.
Longman Language Activatoran attack against a person when someone uses violence against another person and tries to hurt them: · The attack took place as she was walking home.racial/sexual/physical attack: · Fong did not suffer a physical attack, but he was humiliated by the three men. · victims of racial attacks · There was no indication of a sexual attack.attack on: · They finally caught the gang responsible for the armed attacks on foreigners in Dakar.· New statistics show a further increase in attacks on women.vicious/nasty/unprovoked etc attack: · Police say it was a particularly nasty attack.· a number of brutal and unprovoked attacks on gays
an attack on someone in a public place such as a street, in order to steal something from them: · Preston was a victim of a mugging three months ago.a spate/series of muggings (=several muggings in a short period of time): · Police are investigating a spate of muggings that took place on the campus last week.
an attack on someone - use this especially when talking about the crime of attacking someone: · The charges against the prisoner include criminal damage and assault.indecent/sexual/violent assault: · He was convicted of adultery and indecent assault.· the problem of domestic violence and sexual assault within the homeassault on: · Assaults on public transportation workers have doubled in the last 10 years.
a military attack when a military force attacks a place or country, using weapons, aircraft, soldiers etc: · The attack began at dawn.· The caller warned that the attacks will continue until the demands are met.attack on: · missile attacks on civilian targetsnaval/air/artillery/terrorist etc attack: · The city is exposed and vulnerable to air attack.· Eleven people were injured in a rocket attack on Sunday night.launch/mount an attack: · International terrorists have mounted an attack aimed at disrupting the huge tourist industry here.go on the attack (=start to attack someone or something): · To my horror, the soldiers went on the attack, killing men, women and children indiscriminately.
when an army from one country enters another country and tries to control it: · The fear of an invasion by rebels is always present.foreign/military etc invasion: · Some analysts fear that increasing desperation could lead to a military invasion of the country's southern neighbors.· the Soviet invasion of Czechoslovakia
a short quick attack by a group of soldiers, planes, or ships on a place that belongs to an enemy: military/bombing/aerial etc raid: · He led a commando raid in the desert.· a surprise raid · NATO bombing raidsair raid (=one carried out by planes dropping bombs): · Some of the most beautiful architecture in the city was destroyed in the air raids.· air-raid sirensraid on/against: · Sixty people are thought to have been killed in the raid on the village just west of the capital.· John Brown's raid on Harper's Ferry· As a teenager, he was involved in a raid against a village of Omaha Indians.
a sudden attack by a group of soldiers who have been hiding and waiting for someone: be killed/shot etc in an ambush: · Six or seven of the passengers were killed in an ambush on the narrowest part of the road.lie/wait in ambush (=wait in order to ambush): · They moved slowly, knowing that in the next clump of trees enemy soldiers might be lying in ambush.
a military attack to take control of a place controlled by the enemy: aerial/military/naval etc assault: · a massive armed assault on the cityassault on/against: · Only a successful assault on the rebels' headquarters could have ended the civil war.
a sudden attack, especially one from the air, using bombs: · The rebels launched a retaliatory strike.air/nuclear/missile etc strike: · The bomb strike took place on a camp near Krek. · nuclear strike capability
a planned attack involving large forces and often taking place over several weeks or months, especially as part of a plan to win a war: military/nuclear/air etc offensive: · The great military offensive had failed, and it seemed victory was escaping them.· The rebel offensive resumed on Thursday, leaving 12 dead and many injured.launch/mount an offensive: · Government troops launched an offensive against UNITA positions in the north. offensive on/against: · The President announced a counter-offensive on the rebels.
the act of attacking a country, especially when that country has not attacked first - used especially in political contexts: · The invasion was condemned as 'blatant aggression' by the British Prime Minister.· The President promised to use all his powers to prevent further aggression.armed/foreign/military etc agression: · another example of communist aggressionaggression against: · As our older generation knows from experience, unchecked aggression against a small nation is a prelude to international disaster.an act of aggression: · Any eastward expansion would be regarded by the government as an act of aggression.
WORD SETSabet, verbaccusation, nounaccuse, verbaffray, nounarson, nounassault, nounassault and battery, nounbackhander, nounbattery, nounbigamy, nounblack market, nounblack marketeer, nounbreak-in, nounbreaking and entering, nouncaper, nouncapital, adjectivecarjacking, nouncat burglar, nouncontract, nouncosh, nouncounterfeit, adjectivecounterfeit, verbcover, nouncrack, verbcriminal, adjectivecriminal, nouncriminal law, nouncriminal record, nouncriminology, nouncrook, nounculpable, adjectiveculprit, noundefamation, noundefraud, verbdelinquency, noundelinquent, adjectivedelinquent, noundesperado, noundisorderly, adjectivedrug baron, noundrug runner, nounDUI, nounembezzle, verbexpropriate, verbextort, verbeyewitness, nounfelon, nounfelony, nounfence, nounfiddle, nounfiddle, verbfiddler, nounfilch, verbfinger, verbfire-raising, nounfirst offender, nounflash, verbflasher, nounforge, verbforger, nounforgery, nounfoul play, nounframe, verbframe-up, nounfratricide, nounfraud, nounfreebooter, noungang, noungang-bang, noungang rape, noungangster, nounGBH, noungenocide, noungetaway, noungodfather, noungrand larceny, noungrass, noungrievous bodily harm, nounheist, nounhijack, verbhijack, nounhijacking, nounhit, nounhit-and-run, adjectivehit man, nounincriminate, verbindecent assault, nounindecent exposure, nouninfanticide, nounjob, nounjoyriding, nounjuvenile delinquent, nounkidnap, verblarceny, nounlibel, nounlibel, verblibellous, adjectivelow life, nounmafioso, nounmalpractice, nounmanslaughter, nounmassacre, nounmassacre, verbmatricide, nounmisappropriate, verbmisconduct, nounmisdeed, nounmisdemeanour, nounmobster, nounmoll, nounmug, verbmugshot, nounmurder, nounmurder, verbmurderer, nounmurderess, nounmuscleman, nounnark, nounnefarious, adjectiveneighbourhood watch, nounnick, verbno-go area, nounoffence, nounoffend, verboffender, nounold lag, nounorganized crime, nounoutlaw, nounparricide, nounpatricide, nounpetty larceny, nounPhotofit, nounpiracy, nounplant, verbpoach, verbpoacher, nounpossession, nounprivateer, nounprotection, nounprowl, verbprowler, nounpublic nuisance, nounpull, verbpunk, nounpurloin, verbraid, nounram-raiding, nounrape, verbrape, nounrapist, nounravish, verbreceiver, nounreceiving, nounrecidivist, nounregicide, nounring, nounringleader, nounriotous, adjectiverob, verbrobber, nounrobbery, nounroll, verbrustler, nounscheme, nounscheme, verbshady, adjectiveshoplift, verbshoplifting, nounslander, nounsmuggle, verbsnout, nounspeeding, nounstabbing, nounstalking, nounstatutory offence, nounstatutory rape, nounsteal, verbstoolpigeon, nounsupergrass, nounsuspect, nounswag, nountheft, nounthief, nounthievish, adjectivetorch, verbtraffic, nountrafficker, nountriad, noununder-the-counter, adjectiveunderworld, nounundesirable, nounvagrancy, nounvandal, nounvandalism, nounvandalize, verbvice, nounvigilante, nounvillainy, nounviolate, verbviolation, nounwanted, adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRYadjectives
He was charged with aggravated assault. a brutal attack on a defenceless old man The press launched a vicious attack on the president. Nelson preferred to lead the attack himself from the front. Guerrillas have mounted an attack on the capital.COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADJECTIVE
· The number of violent assaults in the city has reached an all-time high.
· Last year, serious assaults increased by 40%.
· The vicious assault happened outside the man’s home.
· Women who have suffered serious sexual assault are offered support and counselling.
· There have even been physical assaults on witnesses.
· The four young Asian men were victims of a vicious racial assault.
verbs· He ended up in court charged with assault.
· She admitted to committing the assault.
· The lawyer claimed she was drunk when she suffered the assault.
assault + NOUN· He’s in jail on an assault charge.
· She had to attend court as a witness in an assault case.
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES He was charged with aggravated assault. a brutal attack on a defenceless old man The press launched a vicious attack on the president. Nelson preferred to lead the attack himself from the front. Guerrillas have mounted an attack on the capital.· The court was told the charges relate alleged assaults between January 1, 1972, and December 31, 1973.· He's admitted shoplifting, theft and criminal damage but denies two alleged assaults on police.· He is understood to have approached the youths about an alleged assault in which a shop assistant was hurt.· The alleged assaults happened when two officers went to arrest him at a house in Cathcart Road in London.· This gave details of the alleged assault by him during the incident in question.· Three of the alleged assaults are said to have occurred on New Year's Eve 1991.
· First, where the conduct would not be thought indecent by any right-minded observer, indecent assault could not be committed.· He was acquitted of cruelty, maltreatment of a subordinate and indecent assault.· Second, where right-minded observers would agree that the conduct was indecent, that would be an indecent assault.· Before he was jailed in 1995 for six years for indecent assault, Allen amassed a multimillion-dollar fortune.· Moreover, proof of non-consent on a charge of buggery or indecent assault is likely to become harder.· The Prince rule of strict liability as to age, which applies equally to indecent assault, has already been noticed.· It was held that there was no indecent assault.· Facts: convicted of attempted robbery: pleaded guilty to two further offences of robbery and one of indecent assault.
· This can take the form of physical assault, of lacerating accidents.· It has, none the less, saved millions of families from hunger, homelessness, physical assault, and total despair.· Boys, by and large, express their aggression in physical assault.· Abuse cases have ranged from insulting words to physical assaults.
· The players will face a retrial on charges of serious assault in October.· From 1980, serious assaults in bars jumped by nearly 50 percent to 775 in 1989.· Therefore, a person could be guilty of the most serious non-fatal assault but not of the lesser assault!· There were thirteen percent fewer serious assaults.· They had wide powers to arrest persons suspected of committing such crimes as theft, burglary, and serious assault.· Stanley also reports an increase of section 53 sentences for crimes like murder and serious assault.
NOUN· He reports that a trip to Catterick Camp to set up rope ladders on the assault course was heavy going.· Many a swimming pool fund has run into choppy water and adventure playground appeals turned into assault courses!· Even so, an exciting timed race around the challenging assault course on the hill produced some impressive performances.· On the east side there was an assault course and a firing range.· Visits, though immensely enjoyable, had elements of both the obstacle race and the assault course.· For many, the real test was the assault course.
· Over 7,000 assault rifles, 500 rocket launchers and several tonnes of explosives have been recovered.· The men fled in a car and could be armed with assault rifles, said Capt.· They are jointly charged with conspiracy to cause explosions and possessing Semtex and six assault rifles on or before April 13.· Out of the darkness stepped four men with AK-47 assault rifles and Uzi submachine guns, Anaya said.· All in all, it is enough to protect the occupants from an assault rifle or the shrapnel from a grenade.· He said they were not assault rifles.· Guards with AK47 assault rifles patrol the camp perimeter but there is no need to keep people in.· Large-caliber firearms, semiautomatic pistols and assault rifles are forbidden to civilians altogether.
· The manufacture and sale of nine types of foreign and domestic semi-automatic assault weapons would also be prohibited for three years.· Manufacturers continue to glut communities with handguns, assault weapons and ammunition.· But the ban helped drop the number of assault weapons traced to crimes to 3, 504· I will veto any attempt to repeal the assault weapons ban or the Brady bill.· Dole said the assault weapons ban did not work, because many of the weapons were altered to make them legal.· He still stands for repealing the assault weapons ban.
VERB· Police are investigating 35 cases of alleged assault by officers.· He would not disclose any other details of the alleged assaults.· In March 1989 the police officer was served with summonses alleging two offences of assault occasioning actual bodily harm.· On the afternoon of the riot, the headlines reported four alleged assaults against white women.
· Juveniles 15 and older committing rape or forcible assault are named prominently in offenses automatically transferred to adult court.
· MacPherson, of Elmstone Gardens, Hemlington, was convicted of assault with intent to rob.· He was arrested and convicted of the assaults.· The police arrested the offender who was tried and convicted of assault.· If he had been convicted under the assault charge he would not have been eligible for early release.· She was convicted of assault and cleared on appeal but was prevented from returning to work.· Davis was arrested weeks later and convicted of second-degree assault.· Paul Mormando and Anthony Miccio were convicted on misdemeanor assault and discrimination charges.· Nineteen-year-old Joseph Powell was convicted of assault and sentenced to three to nine years in prison.
· The sergeant has denied assault, in a trial that's expected to last five days.· He's admitted shoplifting, theft and criminal damage but denies two alleged assaults on police.· Pratt denies assault causing actual bodily harm.· Ann Chinket and husband Ian, both 34, deny assault.· Hadley, 35, a father of two from Great Barr, Birmingham, denied four indecent assaults but was found guilty.· Danjuma, 36, of Wigan, denies five indecent assault charges.· Blissett, of Rickmansworth, Herts, denies assault.· He denies false imprisonment, assault and blackmail.
· Repealers launched a double-edged assault on medics.· Thirty policemen were massacred in Rukum last week when the rebels launched a direct assault on their heavily fortified headquarters.· Republican Congressional leaders have launched a rhetorical assault against the Clinton proposal this week.· They launched their assaults with the equally traditional use of overwhelming firepower.· The main central banks exploited yesterday's thin market to launch another visible assault on the dollar.· Then he launched an assault on his Moscow neighbour.· Much to their credit in launching a spirited assault on the Neath lead, Bridgend did attempt to spread the ball wide.
· Divided élite leading the assault upon itself may be in no position to withstand the pressures of a restless population.· Marines will be landing from several San Diego-based ships, led by the amphibious assault ships Tarawa and Peleliu.· A police investigation has led to charges of assault against five officers.· The disclosures have led to firings, assaults and other forms of harassment against the parolees and ex-cons.· On the final day when Anlec fell Mentheus was killed as he led the assault.· Belfastman Dawson Stelfox led the four-man assault on Everest.· There was no doubt at all, if he led this assault, that he would not return.· I should persuade the King to change his mind, and let Messer Niccolò lead an assault.
· The police mounted an early-morning assault on his office, and Mr Bucaram came running out with his hands up.· Jones mounted a quick two-fisted assault and the title changed hands in those brief, dramatic seconds.· The idea of secular power in itself meant little before the propagandists of the eleventh-century papal reform mounted their assault on it.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
1[countable, uncountable] the crime of physically attacking someone: - MacArthur stated that it was imperative to prevent the dispatch of an amphibious force.
- Marines will be landing from several San Diego-based ships, led by the amphibious assault ships Tarawa and Peleliu.
- Operation Downfall called for two amphibious assaults.
- Ross previously was assigned as executive officer of the amphibious assault ship Essex.
- The amphibious assault ship Peleliu will lead the ready group, which includes the Juneau and Comstock.
- Two other such joint exercises, involving marine and amphibious forces, were already scheduled to start on Aug. 3.
- A full frontal assault right in the snout.
- But the frontal assault on Cobdenite assumptions was the challenge to free trade itself.
- Efforts should then be entirely concentrated on the frontal attack.
- Gorbad, still weak from the wound suffered at Grunberg, was unprepared for a frontal assault.
- If we were fit, a frontal assault would be suicide.
- The congress went further, straying close to a frontal attack on the ruling party.
- They are a frontal assault of the Devil not only upon believers but on human beings everywhere.
- A 16-year-old black youth, Lemrick Nelson, was later charged with second-degree murder in relation to the stabbing.
- After psychiatric evaluations found that he was competent to stand trial, Harwood pleaded guilty July 16 to second-degree murder.
- Bach, 13, was arrested late last month and charged with second-degree murder.
- Davis was arrested weeks later and convicted of second-degree assault.
- He faces a count of second-degree murder in the Nov. 10 shooting death of Brad Hansen, also 13.
- However, the degree of severity of the indictment, which could range from negligent homicide to second-degree murder, remains unclear.
- Kravitz reduced the charge to second-degree murder.
- Last week, she won her freedom after agreeing not to contest charges of second-degree murder.
- Butch finally pleaded guilty to third-degree murder and was sentenced to 10 to 20 years.
a case of robbery and assaultfor assault He was jailed for assault.sexual/indecent assault victims of indecent assaultassault on/against sexual assaults on women Several soldiers have been charged with assault.► see thesaurus at crime2[countable, uncountable] a military attack to take control of a place controlled by the enemyassault on an unsuccessful assault on the enemy lines The refugee camp came under assault again last night. a powerful assault rifle3[countable, uncountable] a strong spoken or written criticism of someone else’s ideas, plans etc SYN attackassault on an assault on the capitalist systemunder assault Traditional family values are increasingly under assault.4[countable] an attempt to achieve something difficult, especially using physical forceassault on an assault on Mt Everest (=an attempt to climb it)COLLOCATIONSadjectivesa violent assault· The number of violent assaults in the city has reached an all-time high.a serious assault· Last year, serious assaults increased by 40%.a vicious/brutal assault· The vicious assault happened outside the man’s home.a sexual/indecent assault· Women who have suffered serious sexual assault are offered support and counselling.physical assault· There have even been physical assaults on witnesses.a racial assault· The four young Asian men were victims of a vicious racial assault.verbsbe charged with assault· He ended up in court charged with assault.carry out/commit an assault· She admitted to committing the assault.suffer an assault· The lawyer claimed she was drunk when she suffered the assault.assault + NOUNan assault charge· He’s in jail on an assault charge.an assault case· She had to attend court as a witness in an assault case.assault1 nounassault2 verb
assaultassault2 ●●○ verb [transitive] VERB TABLE
assault
| Simple Form | ||
| Present | I, you, we, they | assault |
| he, she, it | assaults | |
| Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | assaulted |
| Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have assaulted |
| he, she, it | has assaulted | |
| Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had assaulted |
| Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will assault |
| Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have assaulted |
| Continuous Form | ||
| Present | I | am assaulting |
| he, she, it | is assaulting | |
| you, we, they | are assaulting | |
| Past | I, he, she, it | was assaulting |
| you, we, they | were assaulting | |
| Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been assaulting |
| he, she, it | has been assaulting | |
| Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been assaulting |
| Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be assaulting |
| Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been assaulting |
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
- A storekeeper was assaulted in an alley by eight youths.
- He assaulted a female flight attendant who refused to serve him more drinks.
- I stepped into the room and was assaulted by the heat and noise.
- She was kidnapped and sexually assaulted at gunpoint.
- Some supporters ran onto the field and assaulted the referee.
- The Senator was assaulted with abuse from angry demonstrators.
- These routes are assaulted every winter by climbers.
- A short time later, a woman was assaulted in a nearby apartment.
- An autopsy, however, found that she died of asphyxiation and had been sexually assaulted.
- He raised his eyebrows, waited.-Sir, he assaulted me.
- Ian Beckett, the deputy chief constable of Surrey, has been cleared of indecently assaulting two female colleagues.
- In February 1991, two black students from the University of Maine were allegedly assaulted by nine white men.
- In one case there were two 13-year-old girls, who had been sexually assaulted and left for dead.
- It seems as though we have conquered the traditional infectious diseases only to be assaulted by new ones.
- Rootham and Thompson admitted assaulting Mr Griffiths.
THESAURUSto attack a person
to use violence against someone and try to hurt them: · She was attacked by a man with a baseball bat.· Police dogs are trained to attack.
if a group of people ambush someone, they hide and wait for them and then attack them: · The judge was ambushed by gunmen as he drove to work at the courthouse.
to attack someone and take money from them in a public place such as a street: · He was mugged on his way home from school.
to attack someone with a knife: · The victim had been stabbed in the neck.
to attack and hurt someone – used especially when talking about this as a criminal offence: · He assaulted a flight attendant who refused to serve him more drinks.
written to be attacked by a group of people: · He died outside his home after being set upon by a gang of youths.
to suddenly change your behaviour and attack the person you are with, when they do not expect this: · The dog suddenly turned on him, sinking its teeth into his arm.
Longman Language Activatorto attack someone to use violence against someone and try to hurt them: · A woman was attacked by three youths while she was out jogging in Central Park.· Police dogs are trained to attack in certain circumstances.· He was badly injured when one of his own bulls attacked him. attack somebody with something: · Her husband attacked her with a knife.
to attack someone and take money from them in a public place such as a street: · Since moving to New Jersey, he has been mugged at gunpoint twice.· If anyone ever tried to mug me, I would throw my bag and run.get mugged: · I was scared I would get mugged or raped.
to attack and hurt someone - use this especially to talk about the crime of attacking someone: · He assaulted a female flight attendant who refused to serve him more drinks.· Some supporters ran onto the field and assaulted the referee.sexually assault somebody: · She was kidnapped and sexually assaulted at gunpoint.
to attack someone by pushing a knife into them: · The victim had been stabbed six times.stab somebody in something: · Meyers was stabbed once in the abdomen and once in the neck.stab at: · Her assailant lunged, stabbing at her again and again.
to attack someone with a sudden violent movement: go for somebody: · Charlie went for Murray as soon as he entered the room, pushing him up against the wall.go for somebody with something: · One day Grandma got so mad she went for Grandpa with the kitchen knife.go for somebody's throat/ears/eyes etc: · The dog went straight for my throat, without warning.· If you are attacked, go for your attacker's eyes as they are the most vulnerable part of the face.
to attack someone very violently, hitting them repeatedly and without control: lay into somebody: · From the moment the bell rang, Tyson laid into his opponent.lay into somebody with something: · The video shows a policeman repeatedly laying into a protestor with his baton.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRY He was found guilty of indecently assaulting a student.COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES He was charged with aggravated assault. a brutal attack on a defenceless old man The press launched a vicious attack on the president. Nelson preferred to lead the attack himself from the front. Guerrillas have mounted an attack on the capital.COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADVERB
He was found guilty of indecently assaulting a student. He was charged with aggravated assault. a brutal attack on a defenceless old man The press launched a vicious attack on the president. Nelson preferred to lead the attack himself from the front. Guerrillas have mounted an attack on the capital.· Ian Beckett, the deputy chief constable of Surrey, has been cleared of indecently assaulting two female colleagues.· Albert Ninham, 75, admitted indecently assaulting two boys aged 12 and 11 in November last year.· Instead, she was put on probation for a year after admitting indecently assaulting four 15-year-old boys.· Eight of the paratroopers were found guilty of indecently assaulting the woman soldier.· The young man was found not guilty of indecently assaulting the 16-year-old schoolgirl by the jury after a three-hour retirement.· But, it was said, he took him to his flat and indecently assaulted him while two other men looked on.· A week later Michael Musgrove, 21, was jailed for 13 years for raping three women and indecently assaulting two others.· A driving examiner has been jailed for four months for indecently assaulting four women test candidates.
· They had demanded the release of political prisoners and had reportedly been physically assaulted.· Although all the victims obeyed the intruders' orders, one man was physically assaulted, said Deputy Benita Nichol.
· Read in studio Two twelve year old girls have been sexually assaulted by a masked man in Milton Keynes.· Davis has admitted to that crime as well, but denied that he sexually assaulted the child.· Detectives puzzling over a motive say the girls were not sexually assaulted.· An autopsy, however, found that she died of asphyxiation and had been sexually assaulted.· Just over two weeks ago a 27 year old woman was sexually assaulted in an alleyway.· One therapist was recently sentenced to 40 years in prison for sexually assaulting four little girls.· Read in studio An autistic teenage boy has been sexually assaulted after disappearing from his home.· Gene McKinney, sexually assaulted her in 1996.
NOUN· You might destroy vital medical evidence which will help prove the case against the person who assaulted you.
VERB· To have me accused of assaulting you?· Zurich Robinson, a black pro football quarterback accused of sexually assaulting a female sportscaster.· In summary, don't find yourself being accused of assaulting a young person.
· We don't want to be murdered, raped, robbed, assaulted, or criminally victimized in any other way.· Because the women he raped and assaulted were trusting enough to accept one glass of wine from him?· Police sergeant Paul Banfield, 33, has been jailed for 18 years for raping and sexually assaulting women while on duty.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
1to attack someone in a violent way: - MacArthur stated that it was imperative to prevent the dispatch of an amphibious force.
- Marines will be landing from several San Diego-based ships, led by the amphibious assault ships Tarawa and Peleliu.
- Operation Downfall called for two amphibious assaults.
- Ross previously was assigned as executive officer of the amphibious assault ship Essex.
- The amphibious assault ship Peleliu will lead the ready group, which includes the Juneau and Comstock.
- Two other such joint exercises, involving marine and amphibious forces, were already scheduled to start on Aug. 3.
- A full frontal assault right in the snout.
- But the frontal assault on Cobdenite assumptions was the challenge to free trade itself.
- Efforts should then be entirely concentrated on the frontal attack.
- Gorbad, still weak from the wound suffered at Grunberg, was unprepared for a frontal assault.
- If we were fit, a frontal assault would be suicide.
- The congress went further, straying close to a frontal attack on the ruling party.
- They are a frontal assault of the Devil not only upon believers but on human beings everywhere.
- A 16-year-old black youth, Lemrick Nelson, was later charged with second-degree murder in relation to the stabbing.
- After psychiatric evaluations found that he was competent to stand trial, Harwood pleaded guilty July 16 to second-degree murder.
- Bach, 13, was arrested late last month and charged with second-degree murder.
- Davis was arrested weeks later and convicted of second-degree assault.
- He faces a count of second-degree murder in the Nov. 10 shooting death of Brad Hansen, also 13.
- However, the degree of severity of the indictment, which could range from negligent homicide to second-degree murder, remains unclear.
- Kravitz reduced the charge to second-degree murder.
- Last week, she won her freedom after agreeing not to contest charges of second-degree murder.
- Butch finally pleaded guilty to third-degree murder and was sentenced to 10 to 20 years.
Two men assaulted him after he left the bar.sexually/indecently assault He was found guilty of indecently assaulting a student.► see thesaurus at attack2 literary if a feeling, sound, smell etc assaults you, it affects you in a way that makes you uncomfortable or upset: The noises and smells of the market assaulted her senses.3to strongly criticize someone’s ideas, plans etc4to try to do something very difficult: a task force to assault the problems