Assault

Definition: Assault

Assault

Adjective

1. Used in an attack; "assault weapons", "attack planes".

Noun

1. Close fighting during the culmination of a military attack.

2. A threatened or attempted physical attack by someone who appears to be able to cause bodily harm if not stopped.

3. The crime of forcing a woman to submit to sexual intercourse against her will.

Verb

1. Attack someone physically or emotionally; "The mugger assaulted the woman"; "Nightmares assailed him regularly".

2. Attack verbally, in speech or writing; "The editors of the left-leaning paper attacked the new House Speaker".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "assault" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1050. (references)

Military

Military & Defense

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Synonyms: Assault

Arms

Small arms; musket, musketry, firelock, fowling piece, rifle, fusil, caliver, carbine, blunderbuss, musketoon, Brown Bess, matchlock, harquebuss, arquebus, haguebut; pistol, postolet; petronel; small bore; breach-loader, muzzle-loader; revolver, repeater; Minis rifle, Enfield rifle, Flobert rifle, Westley Richards rifle, Snider rifle, Martini-Henry rifle, Lee-Metford rifle, Lee-Enfield rifle, Mauser rifle, magazine rifle; needle gun, chassepot; wind gun, air gun; automatic gun, automatic pistol; escopet, escopette, gunflint, gun-lock; hackbut, shooter, shooting iron , six-shooter, shotgun; Uzzi, assault rifle, KalashnikoVerb:

Attack

Verb: attack, assault, assail; invade; set upon, fall upon; charge, impugn, break a lance with, enter the lists.

Noun: attack; assault, assault and battery; onset, onslaught, charge.

Taking

Take away, carry away, bear away, take off, carry off, bear off; adeem; abstract; hurry off with, run away with; abduct; steal; ravish; seize; pounce upon, spring upon; swoop to, swoop down upon; take by storm, take by assault; snatch, reave.

Crosswords: Assault

My assault on the world begins now. Believe in myself (Say Anything; writing credit: Cameron Crowe.)

Assault and Battery - and you're black (As Good As It Gets; writing credit: Mark Andrus)

Howie Gluckstein; break and enter, gross indecency, attempted murder, sexual assault with attempt to rape Do you think they'll put me away for this (Recruits; writing credit: B.K. Roderick; Charlie Wiener)

Assault and battery not permitted without license from boxing commission (The Black Camel; writing credit: Earl Derr Biggers; Barry Conners)

You're lucky I'm not indicting you for assault with intent to commit murder (Dirty Harry; writing credit: Harry Julian Fink, Rita M. Fink, and Dean Riesner.)

Well if it can, then the next time you assault a dude (Sing For The Moment; performing artist: EMINEM)

Against the assault of laughter nothing can stand. (references; author: Mark Twain)

Assault and Peppered (1965)

Felineous Assault (1959)

Assault and Flattery (1956)

Columbia World of Sports: Assault and Mat-tery (1953)

Assault on Salamaua (1943)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Books

• Assault at Selonia (Star Wars: The Corellian Trilogy, Book 2) (reference)

• Assault Pistols, Rifles And Submachine Guns (reference)

• Idiot Letters: One Man's Relentless Assault on Corporate America (reference)

• Survival in Auschwitz: The Nazi Assault on Humanity (reference)

• The Assault (reference)

  (more book examples)

Periodicals

• Family Violence & Sexual Assault Bulletin (reference)

• Sexual Assault Report (reference)

  (more periodical examples)

Theater & Movies

• Assault of the Killer Bimbos (reference)

• Assault of the Party Nerds 2: The Heavy Petting Detective (reference)

• Dragonball Z, Vol. 18 - Captain Ginyu: Assault (reference)

• Assault on a Queen (reference)

• Assault on Precinct 13 (reference)

  (more DVD examples; more video examples)

Music

• Prepare for Assault (reference)

  (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)

High Tech

• Mech Assault (reference)

• JVC RVB90 Urban Assault Kaboom (Green) (reference)

  (more camera examples; more video game examples; more computer examples; more electronic examples; more software examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

The Ross Ice Shelf at the Bay of Whales - the point where Amundsen staged his successful assault on the South Pole. 78 30 S Latitude 164 20W Longitude. Credit: Paths Less Taken - NOAA at the Ends of the Earth.

Cadets use smoke to mask their assault.

Rodeo 2000- C-17 conducts an assault landing on dirt strip.

First Lieutenant Baldomero Lopez, USMC, leads the 3rd Platoon, Company A, 1st Battalion, 5th Marines over the seawall on the northern side of Red Beach, as the second assault wave lands, 15 September 1950. Wooden scaling ladders are in use to facilitate disembarkation from the LCVP that brought these men to the shore. Lt. Lopez was killed in action within a few minutes, while assaulting a North Korean bunker. Note M-1 Carbine carried by Lt. Lopez, M-1 Rifles of other Marines and details of the Marines' field gear. Credit: NAVY.

Halftone reproduction of and artwork by Bacon, published in "Deeds of Valor", Volume II, page 81, by the Perrien-Keydel Company, Detroit, 1907. It depicts a scene described by Sergeant Richard Binder, USMC, of the advance of the Navy sharpshooters' unit under Lieutenant Williams, during the Sailors' and Marines' assault on Fort Fisher, North Carolina, 15 January 1865. Binder and other surviving members of this party were awarded the Medal of Honor. Credit: NAVY.

An unjustified assault. Credit: Library of Congress.

If the President was your friend--and he grinned when you committed assault and battery--and rewarded you with a fine job ... Credit: Library of Congress.

Tanks and infantry assault Jap positions in a Peleliu ridge. Credit: Library of Congress.

Medical examiner Roy Allen (center) looks for signs of sexual assault on the body of 11-year-old Irene Fiederowicz, who was strangled, Hartford, Connecticut. Credit: Library of Congress.

Fair Oaks, scene of the battle (drawn a day or two before the Confederate assault). Credit: Library of Congress.

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

He that shall oppose an assault only with a shield to receive the blows, or in any more respectful posture, without a sword in his hand, to abate the confidence and force of the assailant, will quickly be at an end of his resistance, and will find such a defence serve only to draw on himself the worse usage. (Second Treatise of Government)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

The two pieces were now firing balls upon the centre of the wall, in order to make a hole, and if it were possible, a breach for the assault.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Health

Assault is also a major cause of TBI in the very young. (references)

In the case of MS, it is the nerve-insulating myelin that comes under assault. (references)

Traumatic brain injury (TBI) occurs when a sudden physical assault on the head causes damage to the brain. (references)

Children

Tunisia

Penalties for convictions for abandonment and assault on minors are severe. (references)

Peru

Street crime committed by children and adolescents, including robbery, physical assault, and vandalism, is often gang-related. (references)

Pakistan

All forms of prostitution are illegal, and a person who abducts a child under the age of 10 and commits sexual assault may be sentenced to death. (references)

Civil Liberties

Angola

The Government later disclaimed responsibility for the assault. (references)

Mexico

The most common complaints by migrants included assault, rape, and extortion. (references)

Ghana

The NDC issued a statement apologizing for the incident and disassociating itself with the assault. (references)

Economic History

Haiti

Following the assault, progovernment groups attacked the offices and homes of several opposition leaders. (references)

United Kingdom

The Royal Marines provide commando units for amphibious assault and for specialist reinforcement forces in and beyond the NATO area. (references)

Sudan

Oil revenues have allowed the government to purchase modern weapons systems, including Hind helicopter gun ships, Anatov medium bombers, MiG 23 fighter aircraft, mobile artillery pieces, and light assault weapons. (references)

Human Rights

Malaysia

Charges of attempted assault were reduced as part of a plea bargain. (references)

Zimbabwe

Health care workers also were targeted for assault, and nurses were raped. (references)

India

Police and jailers typically assault new prisoners for money and personal articles. (references)

Minorities

Egypt

In September 2000, 21 persons were convicted of crimes including assault, arson, and vandalism committed in Dar al-Salaam. (references)

Argentina

In March the Supreme Court reopened a case in which a court sentenced three youths to 3 years in prison for a 1995 assault on a man whom they believed to be Jewish. (references)

Netherlands

CIDI registered 32 incidents of verbal abuse, 6 incidents of targeting synagogues, 2 incidents of defiling cemeteries, and 6 incidents of verbal or physical assault. (references)

Political Economy

Indonesia

Security forces continued to intimidate and assault journalists. (references)

Mexico

Fox has also promised a frontal assault on official corruption and impunity. (references)

Travel

Nepal

Instances of harassment range in severity from verbal abuse to physical assault. (references)

Women

Cambodia

The law prohibits rape and assault. (references)

Zambia

Domestic assault is a criminal offense. (references)

Ghana

The media increasingly report cases of assault and rape. (references)

Worker Rights

Macedonia

Victims are subject to violence, including rape and assault, and intimidation. (references)

Angola

There continued to be some reports of sexual assault of abductees during the year. (references)

Czech Republic

The penalties for trafficking are roughly commensurate with those for rape and sexual assault. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Expressions using "assault": aggravated assault ♦ air assault ♦ air assault division ♦ airborne assault ♦ airmobile assault ♦ amphibious assault ♦ amphibious assault area ♦ assault aircraft ♦ assault and battery ♦ assault boat ♦ assault course ♦ assault craft ♦ assault crossing ♦ assault echelon ♦ assault force ♦ assault gun ♦ assault indecently ♦ assault occasioning actual bodily harm ♦ assault phase ♦ assault rifle ♦ assault sexually ♦ assault shipping ♦ assault squad ♦ assault team ♦ assault troops ♦ assault wave ♦ carry by assault ♦ criminal assault ♦ daylight airborne assault ♦ fire assault ♦ helicopter assault force ♦ incident assault ♦ indecent assault ♦ land assault forces ♦ launch an assault ♦ make an assault ♦ negligent assault ♦ Offshore Assault Team ♦ serious assault ♦ sexual assault ♦ Tactical Assault Group. Additional references.

Ending with "assault": mini-assault, pre-assault, sensory-assault.

Afrikaans

aanval (access, aggression, attack), aanslag (assessment). (various references)

Albanian

agresion (aggression, aggressiveness, aggro), sulmues (aggressive, aggressor, assailant, assaulter, attacker, offensive, raider, storm trooper), sulmoj (assail, attack, attempt, charge, dog, fall on, fall to, fly at, gain ground, gun for, harass, hit, hold up, jump, lace into, lash, light into, mug, oppugn, raid, waylay), sulm (aggression, attack, cannonade, charge, dash, descent, drive, hit, inroad, mugging, offence, offensive, onfall, onset, onslaught, push, raid, razzia, rush, strike, thrust), përdhunoj (deflower, rape, ravish, violate), mësymje (attack, drive, onset, pelt, raid, rush, sortie, thrust), mësyj (attack, beset, charge, pelt, storm, waylay), goditje (bang, bash, batting, beat, biff, blow, buffet, bump, cant, chop, clean and jerk, clip, dash, dint, drive, fib, flap, hit, ictus, impingement, incitement, infliction, jab, joggle, jolt, knock, knocking, lick, percussion, poke, pound, push, shock, slat, sock, stimulus, strike, stroke, thrust, thwack, tremor, welt). (various references)

Arabic 

‏هجوم (aggression, attack, blow, dash, offence, offensive, onrush, onset, onslaught, pounce, push, raid, rush, swoop), ‏هاجم (attack, batter, belabour, beset, challenge, charge, contravene, dispute, hit, jump, lace, layabout, light into, mount an offensive, peck, press, prey on, prong, rush, set about, storm, strafe, strike), ‏تهجم, ‏إنقضاض (dive, onrush, onslaught, run, rush, stoop, storm, swoop), ‏إغتصب (assume, commandeer, convert, exact, extort, force, rape, wring), ‏إعتدى (invade, molest, violate), ‏إعتداء (battery, entrenchment, inroad, offensive, onset, violation, wrong, wrongdoing), ‏بطش (force, valor, valour, violence). (various references)

Bulgarian 

щурмувам (charge, rush, storm), щурмов, физическо насилие, кампания (campaign, drive), нанасям побой на (beat up, buffet, thrash), нападение (aggression, attack, foray, incursion, offence, offense, onfall, onset, strike, thrust), нападам (attack, do over, engage, fall on, fall upon, infest, insult, lunge, mob, oppugn, pitch into, rabble, sail into, set about, set on, set upon, shape up, strike, strongarm, turn on, turn upon, walk into, zap), покушение (attempt), изнасилване (defloration, forcing, outrage, rape, ravishment, violation), изнасилвам (abuse, deflower, do violence to, rape, ravish, violate). (various references)

Chinese 

沖�' (charge), �"��" (attack), �"�击 (Assaulted, Assaulting, attack, attacked, Attacking). (various references)

Czech

zteè (attack, charge), zaútoèit na (engage), přepadnout (assail, mug, raid, steal, stick up, swoop, waylay), přepadení (attack, capture, hijacking, hold up, onslaught), nápor (blast, brunt, onrush, onset, thrust), útok (aggression, attack, brunt, charge, descent, offence, offensive, onset, onslaught, raid, rush, storm, strike). (various references)

Danish

anslag (buffer, dog, excitation, growing up, stop, take, to take roots), angribe (attack). (various references)

Dutch

aanvallen (attack, commit aggression), aantasten (attack, corrode). (various references)

Esperanto

atenco, atenci (violate), ataki (attack), sturmo (storming), sturmi (storm), kuratako (storming), kurataki (storm). (various references)

Faeroese

svikaráð (subterfuge, trick, trickery), ráðagerð, morðroynd, leypa á (attack, storm). (various references)

Farsi 

یورش (Attack, Offense, Offensive, Onrush, Onslaught, Pash, Pounce, Raid, Rush, Sally, Sortie), حمله بمقدسات , حمله (Access, Attack, Charge, Inroad, Offense, Offensive, Onrush, Onset, Onslaught, Rush, Sally, Spell, Venue), تجاوزیاحمله کردن , تجاوز (Agression, Belligerency, Offense, Overrun, Transgression, Trepass), اظهارعشق (Court, Courtship). (various references)

Finnish

hyökätä (attack). (various references)

French

assaut, attenter, attaquer (assail). (various references)

Frisian

oantaaste (corrode, violate), oanslach (assessment), oanpakke (approach, begin, commence, deal with, start, tackle, violate), oanfalle (attack). (various references)

German

Angriff (access, aggression, assail, attack, charge, offence, offense, onset, onslaught, pounce, raid, strike, ward, whammy), angreifen (affect, affront, assail, attack, break into, charge, clutch, contest, draw on, eat into, engage, grab, grasp, grip, have at, impugn, launch into, offend, seize, tackle, to affront, to assault, to attack, to offend, touch, undermine, weaken, weather), anfallen (accrue, accumulate, arise, assail, attack, be incurred, savage, set upon, to accrue), überfallen (ambush, attack, bushwhack, come over, come upon, descend upon, hijack, hold up, invade, mug, overtake, pounce upon, raid, raided, set upon, stick up, surprise, to hold up, waylay). (various references)

Greek 

βιαιοπραγία (act of violence, battery), βίαιη επίθεση (fulmination), προσβάλλω (affect, afflict, affront, assail, attack, blackguard, encroach, insult, mob, offend, outrage, shock, slight), προσβολή (affront, attack, blow, derogation, indignity, insult, invective, mortification, offence, outrage, slur, stroke, umbrage), επιτίθεμαι (aggress, assai, assail, attack, beat, beset, come at, go for, have at, lash out, make an attack пn, make an attack οn, set on), επίθεσισ, επίθεση (aggression, application, attack, charge, offensive, onrush, onset, onslaught). (various references)

Hebrew 

לתקוף (assail, attack, savage, seize), ל�"תקיף (assail, attack, beset, let fly, set on, slash, strike, tear into, tie into), ל�"ת� פל (attack, charge, fall on, fall upon, tear into), ל�"שתער (attack, storm), תקיפ�" (attack), �"תקפ�" (attack, offence, offensive, onfall, onset, sortie, thrust), �"תקף (attack, bout, fit, spasm), �"ת� קשות (attack), �"ת� פלות (attack, onrush, onslaught), �"בקע�" (breakthrough, penetration), �"סתערות (attack, dash, offence, offensive, onfall, onrush, onslaught, rush, surge), סער�" (excitement, flurry, gale, gust, storm, tempest). (various references)

Hungarian

támad (attack, to attack, to charge, to get up, to spring up, zap), roham (access, aggression, attack, charge, fit, go, onfall, onrush, onset, paroxysm, rush, spirt, storm, surge). (various references)

Indonesian

serbuan (agression, incursion, invasion, onset), menggasak (attack, pilfer, rub hard, take by force, trounce), makar (tactics, trick). (various references)

Irish

ionsaigh (attack). (various references)

Italian

assalire (assail, attack, beset, mob, raid, rankle, set about, set upon, storm, violate), aggredire (attack, snap off, violate), attentato (attempt, outrage), attaccare (adherence, affix, annex, append, assail, attach, attack, become attached, begin, bind, catch on, cling, connect, engage, fasten, fix, foist, glue, hang, hitch, infect, lead off, link, pass on, pin, pitch into, plug in, put up, stick, stick in, strike, strike up, tie), assalto (access, aggression, attack, onfall, onset, onslaught, rush, storm, whammy). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

突�'�. (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

きゅうしゅう (absorption, attraction, bitter enemy, descent, old customs, raid, revenge, southern-most of four main islands of Japan, suction), しょうがい (accident, casualty, commit suicide, damage, disorder, hindrance, impediment, injury, obstacle, one's lifetime, public relations, wound), きょうしゅう (charming and coy, homesickness, instruction, nostalgia, training, violent attack), ぼう�"う (act of violence, outrage, steel rod, urinary bladder), かがい (damaging, evil, extracurricular, harm, heavy taxation, mischief, numerically inferior force, perigone, prostitution quarter, red-light district, small military force, taxation, violence), りょうじょく (disgrace, insult, rape), アサルト , タタキ , よう�'き (ambush, ambush attack), とつ�'き. (various references)

Korean 

돌격 (Assaulting, thrust). (various references)

Manx

soiaghey er (attack, pitch into, raid, set upon, storm), bwoalley (bang, bash, batter, beat, beat up, belabour, buffet, chime, clap, club, flap, hammer, hit, knock, mint, percussion, play, pound, pulsate, punch, rhythm, ring, rise of penis, scramble, shock, slam, slap, strike, thrash, thresh, throb, toll, wallop). (various references)

Papiamen

ataká (attack). (various references)

Pig Latin

assaultay.(various references)

Portuguese

violar (abuse, breach, contravene, defile, infringe, invade, profane, rape, ravish, transgress, violate), atacar (assail, attack, bayonet, charge, come upon, emote, hammer, invade, lunge, mob, mug, oppugn, prey, rocket, run at, strike, strike out), assalto (attack, blow, bout, break-in, burglary, flaw, garotte, garrotte, mugging, onfall, onset, push, raid, robbery, rush, shock), assaltar (assail, attack, beset, break into, burgle, foray, garotte, garrotte, hijack, lay hands on, oppugn, overrun, overtake, rob, strike). (various references)

Romanian

ataca (affect, approach, attack, engage, fall, go at, go for, hit, mug, pelt, pirate, Raven, start, tackle, thrust), atac (access, apoplexy, attack, charge, dash, fit, go, inroad, jump off, offence, offensive, onset, paroxysm, storm, stroke, touch), asalta (assail, attack, beset, bombard, inundate, storm), asalt (attack, onset, storm, storming), viola (break, force, infringe, infringe on, infringe upon, outrage, rape, ravish, violate), viol (rape, violation), nãvalã (aggression, attack, incursion, influx, inrush, invasion, onrush, push, rush), desant. (various references)

Russian 

атаковать (attack, attacked, charge). (various references)

Scottish

spoch (address one quickly and angrily, attack, va. address one quickly or angrily; intimidate). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

uvreda (affront, contumely, dudgeon, grievance, hurt, indignity, insult, knock, offence, offense, outrage, pique, umbrage, wound), pretnja (menace, threat), navala (attack, influx, inrush, offense, run, rush, throng), napadati (attack, fall, go for, impugn, offend, oppugn), napad (aggression, attack, attempt, bout, broadside, offence, offense, offensive, onfall, push, strike, thrust, touch), jurišni, jurišati (charge, rush, storm), juriš (attack, dash, onset, onslaught, rush, storm), izgred (disturbance). (various references)

Spanish

ataque (access, aggression, attack, bout, charge, drive, fit, onfall, onset, paroxysm, point, raid, rush, seizure, strike, thrust, turn), atacar (arraign, assail, attack, bite, charge, come at, commit aggression, drive, engage, get at, go for, go in, gun, light into, pitch into, plough into, prey, raid, sail into, set about, set on, set upon, sick, slash, strike, stuff, tackle, tamp, tamp down, tamp in, walk in), salteo, atentado (attempt, cautious, decency, outrage), asalter (violate), agresión (access, aggression, attack, battery), asalto (attack, bottle-party, bout, charge, mugging, onslaught, raid, round, rush, set to, storm, storming), acometer (attack, commit aggression, go for, sail into, undertake, violate). (various references)

Swedish

storma (blow a gale, bluster, storm), angrepp (access, aggression, attack, charge, offence, offense, onfall, onset, swoop, thrust), anfalla (assail, attack, charge, engage, fall on, mob, savage), överfalla (assail, attack, mug, set on, set upon). (various references)

Tagalog

sumalakay (attack), salakayin (attack). (various references)

Thai

โจมตี (assail, sic, tie into), การทำลาย (assassination, rack, rape), การประชาทั�"ฑ์, การข่มขืน (rape), การจู่โจม (raid). (various references)

Turkish

tecâvüz etmek (abuse, aggress, attack, break into, encroach, encroach on, entrench upon, impinge, infringe, interfere with, intrude, outrage, overstep, rape, ravish, shame, trench on, trench upon, trespass, violate), tecâvüz (aggression, an outrage upon decency, breaking in, desecration, encroachment, incursion, infraction, infringement, inroad, intrusion, invasion, offence, offense, outrage, rape, trespass, violence), saldirmak (attack), saldırmak (aggress, assail, attack, charge, come at, come down on, come for, come on, come upon, descend, fall on, fly at, fly at smb., fly out at smb., go at, hit at, invade, jump on, lam into, lash into, lash out, lay about, let smb. have it, level off, level out, light into, lunge, make a dash, make a dead-set at, offend, pounce, press home, ride atilt at smb., round on, run at, run atilt at smb., rush, sally out, set up, storm, sweep down on, swoop, swoop down, swoop on, thrust, turn on, turn upon, wade in, wade into, walk into), saldırı (aggression, attack, charge, dash, invasion, offence, offense, offensive, onset, onslaught, on-slaught, pounce, raid, scrimmage, scrum, scrummage, thrust), hücum etmek (assail, attack, charge, fall on, make an assault, raid, rush, storm, thrust, thrust into, zap), hücum (access, aggression, attack, bully, charge, dash, forage, incursion, offensive, onrush, onset, raid, rush, scrimmage, sortie, storm, thrust), fiili tecavüz, ırza geçmek. (various references)

Turkmen 

tutnak (onset, onslaught). (various references)

Ukrainian

різкий виступ, штурм (onslaught, storm), критикувати (animadvert, attack, baste, criticize, pick to pieces, pick up holes, pull apart, sound off), насильство (coercion, outrage, rapine, violence), насилувати, нападати (attack, blast, castigate, fall upon, fly at, insult, lay on, pile on, pounce, set upon, strike), напад (attack, foray, hijacking, hold up, insult, offence, offense, onfall, onrush, onset, onslaught), атакувати (assail, attack), атака (bash, offensive, onfall, onrush, onset), діяти різко. (various references)

Vietnamese 

cuộc tấn công (offensive), cưỡng dâm. (various references)

Welsh

ymosodiad (aggression, attack), ymosod ar (assail, attack), rhuthro (attack, rush). (various references)

adgressuras, adgressus, adtracta, adtractaverit, adtractent, adtrectavimus, eruptio, expugna, expugnabant, expugnabantur, expugnabat, expugnabimus, expugnabit, expugnanda, expugnandam, expugnantem, expugnantes, expugnare, expugnarent, expugnari, expugnasset, expugnate, expugnationem, expugnatisque, expugnaverunt, expugnavimus, expugnavit, expugnemus, expugnes, impetu, impetum, impetus, impugno, incesseris, incessu, incessus, incursio, incursu, incursus, ingruo, insultus, obpugnabant, obpugnabat, obpugnabis, obpugnando, obpugnans, obpugnantes, obpugnare, obpugnarent, obpugnat, obpugnavit, oppugno. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Derivations

Words beginning with "assault": assaulted, assaulter, assaulters, assaulting, assaultive, assaultively, assaultiveness, assaultivenesses, assaults. (additional references)

Words ending with "assault": counterassault. (additional references)

Words containing "assault": counterassaults. (additional references)

Misspellings

"Assault" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: asalt, asault, Assal, assalt, Assoluta, assualt, assult, Assyut, asult, axssault, Azzulo, Issalu, Kassmaul. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-1 letter: saults, tussal.

-2 letters: atlas, lasts, lusts, salsa, salts, sauls, sault, slats, sluts, talas, talus.

-3 letters: aals, alas, alts, lass, last, lats, lust, sals, salt, saul, slat, tala, tass, taus, utas.

-4 letters: aal, aas, ala, als, alt, ass, las, lat, sal, sat, sau, tas, tau, uta, uts.

-5 letters: aa, al, as, at, la, ta, us, ut.

+1 letter: assaults, australs, spatulas, sultanas.

+2 letters: assaulted, assaulter, australes, blastulas, gastrulas, saleratus, sulfatase.

+3 letters: afflatuses, asphaltums, assaulters, assaulting, assaultive, casualties, sulfatases, sultanates, tantaluses.

+4 letters: ailanthuses, altostratus, andalusites, auscultates, autolysates, balustrades, casuistical, causalities, emasculates, factualisms, factualists, factualness, gastrulates, gradualists, naturalises, naturalisms, naturalists, naturalness, saleratuses, salutations, saturnalias, substantial, sustainable, transsexual, transvalues, ultrabasics.

+5 letters: aquarellists, asexualities, assaultively, assumability, emasculators, encapsulates, glutaminases, habitualness, misevaluates, pasturelands, quasicrystal, sacculations, salutariness, salutatories, spectaculars, strangulates, substantials, substantival, transfusable, transsexuals, vasculatures, vulcanisates.