Assault

/əˈsɔlt/

Synonyms for "assault" (329 found)

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Closest matches (66)

Noun(20 words)

attack strikea shoveaggression assailment assaulting attacking attacks attempt bashingbastille stormingbayonetting beat beating bioattack blitzes blitzing bombard bombings brutes

abuseaggravated assaultaggression ambushamphibious attackarmed assaultassail assailing assailment attackbanzai attackbarbarize batter battering battery battle bearbear uponbeat upbeating

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berating beset besiegebitter wordsblackening blitz blitzkrieg boost breakthrough bruise brutalize buck bull bulldoze bumpbump againstbunt

Verb(9 words)

aggress ambushed assail assailed assails attack attacked blitzed bombarded

Strong matches (99)

burn bushwhack butcher butchery buttbutt againstcarry oncensure charge citation comecome atcome down oncontumely counterattack counteroffensivecoup de maincrack down oncramcrippling attack

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crowddead set atdescenddescend ondescend upondescent ondestroy diatribe dig disorderliness diversiondiversionary attackdrive elbow engage execration fallfall onfall uponflank attackforceforcible seizurefrontal attackgang up ongas attackgogo atgo forgo ongoad hammerhard wordsharm harryhave athead-on attackhithit like lightninghold-up hurtle hustle implication impugnment incrimination inculpation incursion infiltration invasion invective involvement jab jam jawing jeremiad jog joggle jolt jostle jump killing laceland onlay atlay hands on

Noun(9 words)

commando crime foray glassing gropes groping harrying invading launches

Verb(6 words)

dishonor dishonour forayed glassed invadelash out

Related words (164)

lay intolay wastelaying wastelightlight intolightning attacklightning warloot looting makemass attackmassacre maul megadeath molest molestation mug mugging nudge obstreperousness

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offense offensive onset onslaught overkillpanzer warfarepelt philippic pilepile drivepillage pillaging pitchpitch intopokepounce uponpound press prod punch push rage raid ramram downramp rampage rant rape rating rattle rave reflection resist revilement riot rioting roar rough ruin runrun againstrun atrush sack sackingsail intosally savage screedset onset uponshakeshock tacticsshoulder shove skirmish slaughter smite sortiesow chaossowing with saltstorm stress strike surpriseswoop down onswoop down upontake the offensivetamp teartear aroundterrorize thrashing thrust tiradetongue lashingtongue-lashingunprovoked assaultunruliness vandalize vilification violate violation violence vituperationwade intowreck

Noun(39 words)

mauling mobs molesting offence offenseoffense definitionoffensive offensives onfall onrush onset onslaught onslaughts overwhelm pepper pommelling pouncing pummeling raiding raids

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rape ravishment rushes savages savaging scrag shock siege stabbing stormingstorming bastillestorms swarm swoops threatthrust forwardviolationviolent actviolent push

Verb(16 words)

mobbed molested molests nightclubbed outrage rape raped ravish round savagedset onsicks snipe stormed violate waylays

Adjective(1 words)

violent shove

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More general

23 entries

act assail attack attempt battle conflict crimecriminal offensecriticise criticize engagement fight knocklegal offensemove

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More specific

9 entries

attempted assaultbeat beating jar kick mugging punch shockverbal assault

Collocations

9 entries

aggravated assaultassault and batteryassault caseassault chargeassault on a personcommit assaultphysical assaultsexual assaultverbal assault

Inflections

3 entries

assaulted assaulting assaults

Derivations

6 entries

assaulted assaulter assaulting assaultive assaultiveness assaults

Sample sentences

17 total sentences available.

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We were not prepared for the assault.

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The middle aged man was charged with assault.

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They will make an assault on the summit, weather permitting.

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He was charged with assault and battery.

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