Monday, July 6, 2015

ASSAULT

WORD: ASSAULT

MEANING:
1.
a. A violent physical attack, as with blows.
b. A strong or cutting verbal attack.
2.
a. A military attack, such as one launched against a fortified area or place.
b. The concluding stage of an attack in which close combat occurs with the enemy.
3. Law
a. An unlawful threat or attempt to do bodily injury to another.
b. The act or an instance of unlawfully threatening or attempting to injure another.
4.
a. Sexual assault.
b. The crime of rape.
5. A rigorous or energetic effort to accomplish something difficult: an assault on the mountain's summit; an assault on poverty.
6. attack, beating, stabbing

EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. The Indian army made an assault on the enemy.

PRONOUNCE:
as·sault - असॉल्ट

LINK: ASSAULT

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