Look up: assault

1. assault
   [n] - thoroughbred that won the triple crown in 1946 2. [n] - close fighting during the culmination of a military attack 3. [n] - a threatened or attempted physical attack by someone who appears to be able to cause bodily harm if not stopped
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2. assault
   Intentional act or threat of physical violence against a person. In English law it is both a crime and a tort (a civil wrong). The kinds of criminal assault are common (ordinary); aggravated (more...
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3. Assault
   friendly combat between two fencers
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4. Assault
   friendly combat between two fencers
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5. assault
   the risk that persons concerned with money will be assaulted in the course of their duties Category: Insurance • An offence against life and limb in which a person causes an injury to the person or health of another,or commits an act of aggression against another. Category: Defense
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6. Assault
   An unlawful attack on someone by words or deeds. Physical contact is not essential.
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7. Assault
   As·sault' noun [ Middle English asaut , assaut , Old French assaut , asalt , French assaut , Late Latin assaltus ; Latin ad + saltus a leaping, a springing, salire to leap. See Assa...
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8. Assault
   As·sault' transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Assaulted ; present participle & verbal noun Assaulting .] [ From Assault , noun : confer Old French...
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9. assault
   1. 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. 'The Spanish general prepared to renew the assault.' (Prescott) 'Unshaken bears the assault Of their most drea...
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10. Assault
    noun thoroughbred that won the triple crown in 1946
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11. assault
    noun close fighting during the culmination of a military attack
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12. Assault
    [disambiguation] Assault can refer to: ==Law== Warfare ==Computer games== ==Other== ...
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13. Assault
    • (n.) An apparently violent attempt, or willful offer with force or violence, to do hurt to another; an attempt or offer to beat another, accompanied by a degree of violence, but without touching his person, as by lifting the fist, or a cane, in a threatening manner, or by striking at him, and...
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14. Assault
    (foaled 1943), American racehorse (Thoroughbred), winner of the Triple Crown—the Kentucky Derby, the Preakness Stakes, and the Belmont Stakes—in ...
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15. Assault
    [1988 video game] Assault is a multi-directional shooter arcade game, released by Namco in 1988. Contrary to what most people believe, Assault was the first game to make use of sprite scaling and massive sprite rotation, not Ordyne, which was released later in the year.{Fact|date=February 20...
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16. Assault
    [horse] Assault (March 26, 1943 – September 2, 1971) was an American Hall of Fame Thoroughbred racehorse who won the U.S. Triple Crown in 1946. ==Early life== Foaled at King Ranch in Texas, Assault was sired by Bold Venture, who had won the Kentucky Derby and Preakness Stakes. His dam was ...
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17. Assault
    [tort] In common law, assault is the tort of acting intentionally, that is with either general or specific intent, causing the reasonable apprehension of an immediate harmful or offensive contact. Because assault requires intent, it is considered an intentional tort, as opposed to a tort of ...
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18. Assault
    In law, assault is a crime which involves causing a victim to fear violence. The term is often confused with battery, which involves physical contact. The specific meaning of assault varies between countries, but can refer to an act that causes another to apprehend immediate and personal violence, ...
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19. assault
    assault, in law, an attempt or threat, going beyond mere words, to use violence, with the intent and the apparent ability to do harm to another. If violent contact actually occurs, the offense of battery has been committed; modern criminal statutes often combine assault and battery. An assault may b...
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20. Assault
    Whenever one person makes a willful attempt or threat to injure someone else, and also has an apparent, present ability to carry out the threat such as by flourishing or pointing a dangerous weapon or device at the other. An "assault" may be committed without actually striking or injuring another person. (same as forcible assault)
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21. Assault
    (v) Assault is the intentional action by which a person cause or attempt to cause injury or threat to injure when he is capable of inflicting injury to another person. An assault need not result in injury to the other person.
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22. Assault
    In British law, assault is an attempt or offer, with force and violence, to do a corporal hurt to another, as by striking at him with or without a weapon. If a person lift up or stretch forth his arm and offer to strike another, or menace any one with any staff or weapon, it is an assault in law. As...
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23. assault
    Intentional act or threat of physical violence against a person. In English law it is both a crime and a tort (a civil wrong). The kinds of criminal assault are common (ordinary); aggravated (more serious, such as causing actual bodily harm); or indecent (of a sexual nature)
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24. Assault
    [Gladiators] Assault (Danger Zone) is an event played in several incarnations of the television series Gladiators. In this event, a contender must navigate their way across a number of safety stations (each housing their own weapon) aiming for a target located above the Gladiator who is stan...
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25. Assault
    [1983 video game] Assault is a shoot `em up video game released in 1983, in the United States, by Bomb for the Atari 2600. ==Gameplay== The player is presented with an alien mother ship, which continually deploys three smaller ships during play. The mother ship and the smaller vessels shoot ...
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