assault
US: /əˈsɔɫt/
UK: /ɐsˈɒlt/
UK: /ɐsˈɒlt/
English Vietnamese dictionary
assault /ə'sɔ:lt/
- danh từ
- cuộc tấn công, cuộc đột kích
- to take (carry) a post by assault: tấn công, chiếm đồn
- assault at (of) arms: sự tấn công (đấu kiếm); sự tập trận giả để phô trương
- (nghĩa bóng) sự công kích thậm tệ
- (pháp lý) sự hành hung
- assault and battery: sự đe doạ và hành hung
- (nói trại) hiếp dâm, cưỡng dâm
- cuộc tấn công, cuộc đột kích
Advanced English dictionary
noun, verb
+ noun
1 [U, C] ~ (on / upon sb) the crime of attacking sb physically: Both men were charged with assault. + A significant number of indecent assaults on women go unreported. + sexual assaults
2 [C] ~ (on / upon / against sb/sth) (by an army, etc.) the act of attacking a building, an area, etc. in order to take control of it: An assault on the capital was launched in the early hours of the morning.
3 [C] ~ (on / upon sth) the act of trying to achieve sth that is difficult or dangerous: The government has mounted a new assault on unemployment (= in order to reduce it). + Three people died during an assault on the mountain (= while trying to climb it).
4 [C] ~ (on / upon / against sb/sth) an act of criticizing sb/sth severely: The paper's assault on the president was totally unjustified. + The suggested closures came under assault from all parties.
+ verb [VN]
1 to attack sb violently, especially when this is a crime: He has been charged with assaulting a police officer. + Four women have been sexually assaulted in the area recently.
2 (formal) to affect your senses in a way that is very unpleasant or uncomfortable: Loud rock music assaulted our ears.
Thesaurus dictionary
n.
1 attack, onslaught, onset, charge, offensive, blitzkrieg, blitz, strike, raid, incursion, sortie; aggression, invasion:
At dawn we launched the assault on the fort.
2 beating, battering, hold-up, mugging; rape, violation, molestation; Law battery:
The defendant is accused of assault.
v.
3 attack, assail, set or fall upon, pounce upon, storm, beset, charge, rush, lay into:
The elderly couple were assaulted near their home.
4 rape, violate, molest:
Three women were assaulted in that neighbourhood last night.
5 beat (up), batter, bruise, harm, hit, strike, punch, smite:
She complained that her husband continually assaulted the children.
Collocation dictionary
1 crime of attacking sb
ADJ.
brutal, savage, vicious, violent | common
(law)
| aggravated
(law),
serious | alleged | attempted | indecent, physical, racial, sexual | police
QUANT.
series, wave
VERB + ASSAULT
carry out, commit
assaults committed by teenagers
| be the victim of, suffer
ASSAULT + VERB
happen, take place
PREP.
~ against
Better street lighting has helped reduce the number of assaults against women.
| ~ on/upon
PHRASES
allegations of assault
allegations of police assault on the boy
| assault and battery
(law)
CRIMES:
be guilty of, commit ~
Two key witnesses at her trial committed perjury.
accuse sb of, charge sb with ~
He has been accused of her murder.
convict sb of, find sb guilty of ~
She was found guilty of high treason.
acquit sb of ~
The engineer responsible for the collapse of the bridge was acquitted of manslaughter.
admit, confess to, deny ~
All three men have denied assault. She admitted 33 assault charges.
plead guilty/not guilty to ~
He pleaded guilty to a charge of gross indecency.
investigate (sb for) ~
She is being investigated for suspected bribery.
be suspected for/of ~
He was the least likely to be suspected of her murder.
be/come under investigation for ~
She was the second minister to come under investigation for corruption.
be wanted for ~ be wanted on charges of ~
He was wanted on charges of espionage.
solve
a case, crime, murder, robbery, theftThe police and the public must work together to solve the murder.
arrest sb for ~
Jean was arrested for arson.
be tried for, stand trial for ~
to stand trial for extortion
~ case/trial
The nurse's murder trial continues.
~ charge
The police agreed to drop the conspiracy charges against him.
a charge/count of ~
The jury convicted her on two counts of theft.
2 military/verbal attack
ADJ.
all-out, direct, frontal, full-scale, major, massive
After an all-out assault the village was captured by the enemy.
| fresh, further | sustained
She used the article to make a sustained assault on her former political allies.
| successful | air, amphibious, ground
air assaults by fighter planes
| military | verbal
QUANT.
series
VERB + ASSAULT
carry out, launch (into), lead, make, mount
Enemy troops launched an assault on the town. He launched into a verbal assault on tabloid journalism.
| come under
The factory came under assault from soldiers in the mountains
| withstand
The garrison was built to withstand assaults.
ASSAULT + NOUN
course
They took part in a vigorous army assault course.
| rifle | force
PREP.
under ~
Today these values are under assault.
| ~ on
a series of assaults on enemy targets
ADV.
badly, brutally, savagely, seriously, violently | indecently, physically, sexually, verbally
Concise English dictionary
assaults|assaulted|assaultingə'sɔːlt
noun
+close fighting during the culmination of a military attack
+a threatened or attempted physical attack by someone who appears to be able to cause bodily harm if not stopped
+thoroughbred that won the triple crown in 1946
+the crime of forcing a woman to submit to sexual intercourse against her will
verb
+attack someone physically or emotionally
+force (someone) to have sex against their will
+attack in speech or writing
