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Words related to assault

Related / Similar Words: rape, violation, ravishment, Assault, attack, round, assail, lash out, snipe, set on, ravish, violate, dishonor, dishonour, outrage

Definition:

a threatened or attempted physical attack by someone who appears to be able to cause bodily harm if not stopped;

the crime of forcing a woman to submit to sexual intercourse against her will;

close fighting during the culmination of a military attack;

thoroughbred that won the triple crown in 1946;

attack in speech or writing; "The editors of the left-leaning paper attacked the new House Speaker";

attack someone physically or emotionally; "The mugger assaulted the woman"; "Nightmares assailed him regularly";

force (someone) to have sex against their will; "The woman was raped on her way home at night";

Part Meronyms: attack, onslaught, onset, onrush

Derivational Morphology: assail, set on, attack, rape, ravish, violate, dishonor, dishonour, outrage, attacker, aggressor, assailant, assaulter, fire, flak, flack, blast, attempt, violation, ravishment, violator, debaucher, ravisher, raper, rapist

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