💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Assaults"
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| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| assailverb | (transitive) To attack with harsh words or violent force (also figuratively). |
| attacknoun | An attempt to cause damage, injury to, or death of an opponent or enemy. |
| set onverb | To be determined to do or achieve something. |
| assault and batterynoun | (law, idiomatic) The combination of two violent crimes: assault (the threat of violence) and battery (physical violence). This legal distinction exists only in jurisdictions that distinguish assault as threatened violence rather than actual violence. |
| lash outverb | (figurative) To make a fierce verbal attack. |
| rapenoun | The act of forcing sex upon another person without their consent or against their will; originally coitus forced by a man on a woman, but now generally any sex act forced by any person upon another person, regardless of gender; by extension, any non-consensual sex act forced on, perpetrated by, or forced to penetrate any being. |
| violationnoun | The act or an instance of violating or the condition of being violated. |
| offensivenoun | (uncountable) The posture of attacking or being able to attack. |
| ravishmentnoun | ecstasy |
| sexual assaultnoun | A physical attack of a sexual nature on another person or a sexual act committed without explicit consent. |
| roundnoun | A circular or spherical object or part of an object. |
| batterynoun | (electricity, electronics, countable) A device used to power electric devices, consisting of one or more electrically connected electrochemical cells or (archaically) electrostatic cells. |
| snipenoun | Any of various limicoline game birds of the genera Gallinago, Lymnocryptes and Coenocorypha in the family Scolopacidae, having a long, slender, nearly straight beak. |
| abusenoun | Improper treatment or usage; application to a wrong or bad purpose; an unjust, corrupt or wrongful practice or custom. |
| abusesnoun | Improper treatment or usage; application to a wrong or bad purpose; an unjust, corrupt or wrongful practice or custom. |
| actsnoun | (biblical) Clipping of Acts of the Apostles. [(biblical) The fifth book in the New Testament of the Bible.] |
| aggressionnoun | Hostile or destructive behavior or actions. |
| aggressionsnoun | Hostile or destructive behavior or actions. |
| atrocitiesnoun | (countable) An extremely cruel act; a horrid act of injustice. |
| attackedverb | (transitive) To apply violent force to someone or something. |
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