English-Thai Dictionary

assault

N การข่มขืน  rape sexual assault kan-khom-khuen

 

assault

N การ จู่โจม  การ โจมตี  การทำร้ายร่างกาย  attack charge onslaught kan-ju-jom

 

assault

N การ ทำลาย  destruction kan-tham-lai

 

assault

N การ ประชาทัณ ฑ์  kan-pra-cha-than

 

assault

VI โจมตี  เล่นงาน  จู่โจม  jom-ti

 

assault

VT โจมตี  จู่โจม  เล่นงาน  attack assail jom-ti

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

ASSAULT

n.[L. assulto, of ad and salto, to leap, formed on salio, or its root. See Assail. We have the same root in insult and result. ] 1. An attack or violent onset, whether by an individual, a company, or an army. An assault by private persons may be made with or without weapons. As assault by an army is a violent hostile attack; and when made upon a fort or fortified place is called a storm, as opposed to sap or siege.
2. An attack by hostile words or measures; as, an assault upon the prerogatives of a prince, or upon a constitution of government.
3. In Law, an unlawful setting upon one's person; an attempt or offer to beat another, without touching his person; as by lifting the fist or a cane, in a threatening manner. If the blow aimed takes effect, it is a battery.

 

ASSAULT

v.t. 1. To attack or fall upon by violence, or with a hostile intention; as, to assault a man, a house or town.
2. To invade or fall on with force; as, the cry of war assaults our ears.
3. To attack by words, arguments or unfriendly measures, with a view to shake, impair or overthrow; as, to assault a character, the laws or the administration.

 

ASSAULTABLE

a.That may be assaulted.

 

ASSAULTED

pp. Attacked with force, arms, violence, or hostile views.

 

ASSAULTER

n.One who assaults, or violently attacks.

 

ASSAULTING

ppr. Attacking with force, or with hostile measures.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

ASSAULT

As *sault ", n. Etym: [OE. asaut, assaut, OF. assaut, asalt, F. assaut, LL. assaltus; L. ad + saltus a leaping, a springing, salire to leap. See Assail. ]

 

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 dreaded foe, the strong southwest. Wordsworth.

 

2. A violent onset or attack with moral weapons, as words, arguments, appeals, and the like; as, to make an assault on the prerogatives of a prince, or on the constitution of a government. Clarendon.

 

3. (Law )

 

Defn: 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 missing him. If the blow aimed takes effect, it is a battery. Blackstone. Wharton. Practically, however, the word assault is used to include the battery. Mozley & W.

 

Syn. -- Attack; invasion; incursion; descent; onset; onslaught; charge; storm.

 

ASSAULT

As *sault ", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Assaulted; p. pr. & vb. n.Assaulting. ] Etym: [From Assault, n.: cf. OF. assaulter, LL. assaltare.]

 

1. To make an assault upon, as by a sudden rush of armed men; to attack with unlawful or insulting physical violence or menaces. Insnared, assaulted, overcome, led bound. Milton.

 

2. To attack with moral means, or with a view of producing moral effects; to attack by words, arguments, or unfriendly measures; to assail; as, to assault a reputation or an administration. Before the gates, the cries of babes newborn, ... Assault his ears.Dryden.

 

Note: In the latter sense, assail is more common.

 

Syn. -- To attack; assail; invade; encounter; storm; charge. See Attack.

 

ASSAULTABLE

ASSAULTABLE As *sault "a *ble, a.

 

Defn: Capable of being assaulted.

 

ASSAULTER

ASSAULTER As *sault "er, n.

 

Defn: One who assaults, or violently attacks; an assailant. E. Hall.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

assault

as sault |əˈsôlt əˈsɔlt | ▶verb [ with obj. ] make a physical attack on: he pleaded guilty to assaulting a police officer | she was sexually assaulted as a child. • attack or bombard (someone or the senses ) with something undesirable or unpleasant: her right ear was assaulted with a tide of music. • carry out a military attack or raid on (an enemy position ): they left their strong position to assault the hill. • rape. ▶noun 1 a physical attack: his imprisonment for an assault on the film director | sexual assaults. • Law an act, criminal or tortious, that threatens physical harm to a person, whether or not actual harm is done: he appeared in court charged with assault. • a military attack or raid on an enemy position: troops began an assault on the city | [ as modifier ] : an assault boat. • a strong verbal attack: the assault on the party's tax policies. 2 a concerted attempt to do something demanding: a winter assault on Mt. Everest. DERIVATIVES as sault er noun ORIGIN Middle English: from Old French asaut (noun ), assauter (verb ), based on Latin ad- ‘to ’ + saltare, frequentative of salire ‘to leap. ’ Compare with assail .

 

assault and battery

as sault and bat ter y |əˈsɔlt ænd | ▶noun Law the crime of threatening a person together with the act of making physical contact with them.

 

assault course

as |sault course ▶noun Brit. a course through which the participants must run, negotiating obstacles to be climbed, crawled under, crossed on suspended ropes, etc. , as used for training soldiers.

 

assaultive

as saul tive |əˈsôltiv əˈsɔltɪv | ▶adjective tending or likely to commit an assault: they found that assaultive men had abusive parents. • extremely aggressive or forcefully assertive: his loud, assaultive playing style can leave you cowering.

 

assault rifle

as sault ri fle ▶noun a rapid-fire, magazine-fed automatic rifle designed for infantry use.

 

Oxford Dictionary

assault

as |sault |əˈsɔːlt, əˈsɒlt | ▶verb [ with obj. ] make a physical attack on: he pleaded guilty to assaulting a police officer | she was sexually assaulted as a child. • carry out a military attack or raid on (an enemy position ). • bombard with something undesirable or unpleasant: thunder assaulted the ears. ▶noun 1 a physical attack: his imprisonment for an assault on the film director | a sexual assault. • Law an act that threatens physical harm to a person, whether or not actual harm is done: he admitted an assault and two thefts | [ mass noun ] : he appeared in court charged with assault. • a military attack or raid on an enemy position: troops began an assault on the city. • a strong verbal attack: an articulate assault on all forms of prejudice. 2 a concerted attempt to do something demanding: a winter assault on Mt. Everest. DERIVATIVES assaulter noun ORIGIN Middle English: from Old French asaut (noun ), assauter (verb ), based on Latin ad- ‘to ’ + saltare, frequentative of salire ‘to leap ’. Compare with assail .

 

assault and battery

as |sault and bat |tery ▶noun [ mass noun ] Law the action of threatening a person together with the action of making physical contact with them.

 

assault course

as |sault course ▶noun Brit. a course through which the participants must run, negotiating obstacles to be climbed, crawled under, crossed on suspended ropes, etc. , as used for training soldiers.

 

assaultive

as ¦sault |ive ▶adjective tending or likely to commit an assault: they found that assaultive men had abusive parents. • aggressive or forcefully assertive.

 

assault rifle

as |sault rifle ▶noun a lightweight rifle developed from the sub-machine gun, which may be set to fire automatically or semi-automatically.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

assault

assault verb 1 he assaulted a police officer: attack, hit, strike, punch, beat up, thump; pummel, pound, batter; informal clout, wallop, belt, clobber, hammer, bop, sock, deck, slug, plug, lay into, do over, rough up; literary smite. 2 they regrouped to assault the hill: attack, assail, pounce on, set upon, strike, fall on, swoop on, rush, storm, besiege. 3 he has no memory of assaulting the victim: rape, sexually assault, molest. ▶noun 1 he was charged with assault: battery, violence; sexual assault, rape. 2 an assault on the city: attack, strike, onslaught, offensive, charge, push, thrust, invasion, bombardment, sortie, incursion, raid, blitz, campaign. CHOOSE THE RIGHT WORD See attack . These notes show fine distinctions in meaning between closely related synonyms to help you find the best word.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

assault

assault verb 1 he pleaded guilty to assaulting a police officer: hit, strike, physically attack, aim blows at, slap, smack, beat, thrash, spank, thump, thwack, punch, cuff, swat, knock, rap; pummel, pound, batter, pelt, welt; cane, lash, whip, club, cudgel, box someone's ears; informal clout, wallop, belt, whack, bash, clobber, bop, biff, sock, deck, slug, plug, knock about /around, knock into the middle of next week, lay into, do over, rough up; Austral. /NZ informal quilt; literary smite. 2 they left their position to assault the hill: attack, make an assault on, launch an attack on, assail, pounce on, set upon, launch oneself at, strike at, fall on, swoop on, rush, storm, besiege. 3 police believe that he first assaulted then murdered her: rape, sexually assault, molest, interfere with. ▶noun 1 he was charged with assault: (physical ) violence, battery, mugging, actual bodily harm, ABH; violent act, physical attack; sexual assault, sexual misconduct, molesting, sexual interference, rape; Brit. grievous bodily harm, GBH. 2 troops began an assault on the city: attack, strike, onslaught, offensive, storming, charge, drive, push, thrust, invasion, bombardment, sortie, sally, foray, incursion, raid, act of war, act of aggression, blitz, campaign.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

assault

as sault /əsɔ́ːlt /名詞 複 ～s /-ts /1 U C 〘法 〙【人への 】暴行 ; 婦女暴行 «on , upon » (!rape 1 の婉曲表現 ) ▸ assault and battery 〘法 〙暴行殴打 ▸ aggravated assault 〘法 〙加重暴行 2 U C «…への » 強襲, 襲撃 ; 【人 考えなどに対する 】激しい攻撃, 酷評 «on , against , upon » ▸ a verbal assault 言葉による攻撃 ▸ be under assault from A Aからの激しい批判にさらされる 3 C 【困難な事への 】挑戦, 危険な試み «on , upon » .動詞 他動詞 1 〈人 〉を暴行する .2 〈人の考えなど 〉を厳しく批判する .3 ｟かたく ｠〈騒音などが 〉…を悩ます .～́ c ò urse ｟英 ｠突撃訓練場 (obstacle course ).～́ cr à ft [b ò at ](上陸 渡河用 )攻撃舟艇 （しゆうてい ）.～́ sh ì p 攻撃艦 .