- a sudden, violent attack; onslaught: an assault on tradition.
- an unlawful physical attack upon another; an attempt or offer to do violence to another, with or without battery, as by holding a stone or club in a threatening manner.
- the stage of close combat in an attack.
- rape1.
- to make an assault upon; attack; assail.
- a violent attack, either physical or verbal
- an intentional or reckless act that causes another person to expect to be subjected to immediate and unlawful violence
- the culmination of a military attack, in which fighting takes place at close quarters
- (as modifier)
- rape or attempted rape
- to make an assault upon
- to rape or attempt to rape
