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assault

Law an intentional or reckless act that causes another person to expect to be subjected to immediate and unlawful violence
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assault

[ə′sȯlt]
(ordnance)
Final phase of an attack; closing with the enemy in hand-to-hand fighting.
The landing of troops for attack on the enemy's beach defenses.
The landing of parachute and glider elements on unsecured and unprepared drop zones and landing zones to attack and seize an airhead.
A short, violent, but well-ordered attack against a local objective, such as a gun emplacement, fort, or machine gun nest.
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific & Technical Terms, 6E, Copyright © 2003 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.

Assault

famous horse in history of thoroughbred racing. [Am. Hist.: NCE, 1273]
See: Horse
Allusions—Cultural, Literary, Biblical, and Historical: A Thematic Dictionary. Copyright 2008 The Gale Group, Inc. All rights reserved.
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It was an unprovoked and brutal assault. Look at my cheek.
Each claims the other committed the assault, and I have no legal way of determining the truth.
Not only had he been wantonly assaulted, badly battered, and arrested, but the morning papers without exception came out with lurid accounts of his drunken brawl with the proprietor of the notorious Vendome.
Female veterans with histories of both childhood sexual abuse and sexual assault in the military were 4.33 times more likely to report sexual pain than female veterans with no history of sexual assault; women whose history of sexual assault occurred in the military only were 2.37 times more likely to report sexual pain.
In 7.3% of the properties in Israel containing children ages 2-18, at least one of the children was harmed by a personal assault: theft, violence or threat of violence, sexual harassment, sexual assault, cyberattack and/or online bullying and shaming.
A Sri Lankan modelactress has played down a video showing her being assaulted by a man.
Get the latest North Wales news at www.dailypost.wales Mr Anderson said: "A number of times this year, we have expressed our concern about the readiness of some individuals to assault police officers and PCSOs while carrying out their lawful duties.
A spokeswoman for Durham Constabulary said: "Officers should not have to consider assault as 'just part of the job.' .' Our PCs are there to serve the public and should not be subject to violence.
Across the North East, latest crime figures reveal officers were assaulted 1,237 times in 2017-18, with 250 of those attacks resulting in injury.
We can all stop the spread of false information about sexual assault and trauma by knowing the misconceptions that exist.
Unfortunately the schoolboys of Sargodha seemed to have lucked out as they became prey to sexual assault by a gang of six members who not only assaulted them but also filmed it.
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