assaultとは

意味・読み方・使い方

発音

• (英国発音) IPA^(key): /əˈsɔːlt/
• (米国発音) (cot–caught merger) IPA^(key): /əˈsɑlt/
  • (regional, California) IPA^(key): /əˈsʌlt/

名詞

assault (countable かつ uncountable, 複数形 assaults)

1. A violent onset or attack with physical means, for example blows, weapons, etc.

   The army made an assault on the enemy.

   • 1856-1858, William H. Prescott, History of the Reign of Philip II:

     The Spanish general prepared to renew the assault.

   • 1814, William Wordsworth, The Excursion, Book 5

     Unshaken bears the assault / Of their most dreaded foe, the strong southwest.

2. A violent verbal attack, for example with insults, criticism, and the like

   she launched a written assault on the opposition party

3. (criminal law) An attempt to commit battery: a violent attempt, or willful effort with force or violence, to do hurt to another, but without necessarily touching the person, such as by raising a fist in a threatening manner, or by striking at the person and missing.
4. (単数形 only, law) The crime whose action is such an attempt.
5. (tort law) An act that causes someone to apprehend imminent bodily harm.
6. (単数形 only, law) The tort whose action is such an act.
7. (fencing) A non-competitive combat between two fencers.

同意語

• onfall, onrush

等位語

• battery

派生語

動詞

assault (三人称単数 現在形 assaults, 現在分詞 assaulting, 過去形および過去分詞形 assaulted)

1. (transitive) To attack, physically or figuratively; to assail.

   Tom was accused of assaulting another man outside a nightclub.

   Loud music assaulted our ears as we entered the building.

2. (transitive) To threaten or harass. (Can we add an example for this sense?)

派生語

• assaultee
• assaulter