Wiktionary http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Wiktionary:Main_Page MediaWiki 1.16alpha-wmf case-sensitive Media Special Talk User User talk Wiktionary Wiktionary talk File File talk MediaWiki MediaWiki talk Template Template talk Help Help talk Category Category talk Appendix Appendix talk Concordance Concordance talk Index Index talk Rhymes Rhymes talk Transwiki Transwiki talk Wikisaurus Wikisaurus talk WT WT talk Citations Citations talk 61297 6527975 2009-05-04T06:28:37Z DerbethBot 48857 added audio En-us-assault.ogg ==English== ===Pronunciation=== * {{IPA|/əˈsɔːlt/}}, {{SAMPA|/@"sO:lt/}} * {{audio|En-us-assault.ogg|Audio (US)}} ===Noun=== {{en-noun}} # A violent [[onset]] or [[attack]] with physical means, as blows, weapons, etc.; an [[onslaught]]; the rush or charge of an attacking force; onset; as, to make assault upon a man, a house, or a town. # A violent onset or attack with moral weapons, as words, arguments, appeals, and the like; as, to make an assault on the [[prerogative|prerogatives]] of a prince, or on the [[constitution]] of a government. # {{context|criminal|_|legal}} An [[attempt]] to commit [[battery]]: a violent attempt, or willful effort with force or violence, to do hurt to another, but without necessarily touching his person, as by lifting a fist in a threatening manner, or by striking at him and missing him. # {{singulare tantum}} {{legal}} The [[crime]] whose action is such an attempt. # {{context|tort|_|legal}} An act that causes someone to fear imminent bodily harm. # {{singulare tantum}} {{legal}} The [[tort]] whose action is such an act. # {{fencing}} A non-competitive [[combat]] between two fencers. ====Derived terms==== * [[assault and battery]] ====Coordinate terms==== * [[battery]] ====Translations==== {{trans-top|a violent onset or attack}} * Dutch: [[aanranding]] {{f}} * French: [[assaut]] {{m}} * Japanese: [[突撃]] (とつげき, totsugeki) * Norwegian: [[voldta]] * Persian: {{fa-Arab|[[یورش]]}}, {{fa-Arab|[[تجاوز]]}} {{trans-mid}} * Polish: [[napaść]] * Portuguese: [[assalto]] {{m}} * Spanish: [[asalto]] {{m}}, [[acometimiento]] {{m}} * Swedish: [[angrepp]] {{n}}, [[attack]] {{c}} (1, 2, 3), [[hot]] {{n}} (4) {{trans-bottom}} ===Verb=== {{en-verb}} # To [[attack]], [[threaten]] or [[harass]]. ====Translations==== {{trans-top|to attack, threaten or harass}} * Dutch: [[aanranden]], [[vergrijpen]] {{trans-mid}} {{trans-bottom}} [[Category:Criminal law]] [[et:assault]] [[el:assault]] [[fr:assault]] [[gl:assault]] [[io:assault]] [[it:assault]] [[hu:assault]] [[fi:assault]] [[ta:assault]] [[te:assault]] [[vi:assault]] [[zh:assault]]