assault

Betekenis (Engels)

Noun

1. (countable, uncountable) A violent onset or attack with physical means, for example blows, weapons, etc.
2. (countable, uncountable) A violent verbal attack, for example with insults, criticism, and the like
3. (countable, uncountable) 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.
4. (countable, singular, singular-only, uncountable) The crime whose action is such an attempt.
5. (countable, uncountable) An act that causes someone to apprehend imminent bodily harm (such as brandishing a weapon).
6. (countable, singular, singular-only, uncountable) The tort whose action is such an act.
7. (countable, uncountable) A non-competitive combat between two fencers.

Verb

1. (transitive) To attack, physically or figuratively; to assail.
2. (transitive) To threaten or harass.

Sinonieme

attack

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assail

charge

storm

strike

aggression

rape

raid

onslaught

outrage

violate

violation

offensive

invade

onset

strafe

invasion

ambush

aggress

rip

hit

set on

onrush

insult

beat

access

fit

ravish

ravishment

criticize

advance

fall upon

offend

beat up

lash out

lay into

intrude

prey upon

round

act of violence

descend

scold

throw oneself at

club

abuse

encroach

dishonor

violence

dishonour

mug

offence

fall on

offense

molest

affront

commit aggression

swoop

blitz

cudgel

burst into

besiege

attempt

storming

sortie

lay hands on

lunge

menace

mob

mortification

pass out

perpetrate

point

pursuit

push back

reprimand

reproach

rob

rollback

rush

sally

seize

set upon

shock

⚡

shot

siege

slight

slug

slur

snatch

snipe

spy

stick up

striking

suffuse

swoon

tackle

tan

thrash

threaten

thrust

thwack

tilt

transgress

turn on

umbrage

verbally

vicious

vitiate

wallop

whack

whang

whomp

attack verbally

dash against

gang-rape

get even with

go at

accession

lace into

onfall

pounce on

pounce upon

sexual assault

swoop down on

take by force

tear into

rush on

meet the enemy

violent attack

stroke

hit at

falling upon

marching against

lash out b snipe

hatchet job

admission

admittance

affect

afflict

aim

approach

asperse

assailing

atrocities

attacking

bash

batter

battery

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bear down

beating

beleaguer

belt

beset

blackguard

blame

blow

bomb

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brunt

brutal

bulldog

clobber

clout

combat

come down

coming

compromise

crackdown

damaging

defame

denounce

derogation

descent

destruction

drub

drubbing

entrance

entry

escalade

explosive charge

faint

fall

fight

flog

flood out

foray

fulmination

get

incursion

indignity

infiltrate

infringe

injure

injury

inroad

invective

irritate

keep an eye on

kick

Vertalings

attaquer

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ataque

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Angriff

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asaltar

aanval

atacar

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angreifen

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assaut

agresión

überfallen

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Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/əˈsɔːlt/

Etimologie (Engels)

Geërf van Middle English: assaut

In summary

From Middle English assaut, from Old French noun assaut, derived from the past participle of the verb assalir, from Late Latin assalīre, from Latin ad (“at, towards”) + salīre (“jump”). See also assail. Spelling Latinized around 1530 to add an l.