Word: assault Word origin: Middle English: from Old French asaut (noun), assauter (verb), based on Latin ad- ‘to’ + saltare, frequentative of salire ‘to leap’. Compare with assail. Phonetic: əˈsɔːlt Listen:
make a physical attack on. Example: he pleaded guilty to assaulting a police officer
a physical attack. Example: his imprisonment for an assault on the film director
a concerted attempt to do something demanding. Example: a winter assault on Mt Everest
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