assault
/əˈsɔlt/ verb C1- To attack, physically or figuratively; to assail. · Tom was accused of assaulting another man outside a nightclub.· Loud music assaulted our ears as we entered the building.
- To threaten or harass.
He/she/it assaults · Past assaulted · Past participle assaulted · -ing form assaulting
Verb forms
- Base form
- assault
- He/she/it
- assaults
- Past
- assaulted
- Past participle
- assaulted
- -ing form
- assaulting
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I won't deny that I intended to assault you just now."
Twice the wife was caught in the act of assaulting this poor lad in the most unprovoked way.
I am more uneasy about poor little Jack, for, as I told you in my note, he has twice been assaulted by her."
This unhappy lady, as I understand it, has appeared to assault both the children, her own baby and your little son?"
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