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    • assault :attack someone physically or emotionally
      • The mugger assaulted the woman|Nightmares assailed him regularly

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

    • assault :attack in speech or writing
      • The editors of the left-leaning paper attacked the new House Speaker

    • assault :close fighting during the culmination of a military attack

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

        • assault :thoroughbred that won the triple crown in 1946

          • assault :the crime of forcing a person to submit to sexual intercourse against his or her will

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