C1 verb رسمي

assault

/əˈsɔːlt/

To make a sudden, violent physical attack on a person or place, or to criticize someone or something very strongly. In a legal context, it can refer to the act of causing someone to apprehend immediate violence.

أمثلة

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1

He was charged with trying to assault a security guard outside the stadium.

He was accused of attempting to physically attack a guard outside the stadium.

2

The military forces were ordered to assault the enemy stronghold at daybreak.

The troops were commanded to launch an attack on the fortified position at dawn.

3

That neon yellow shirt is really assaulting my eyes right now!

That bright shirt is very unpleasant and overwhelming to look at.

عائلة الكلمة

اسم
assault
Verb
assault
صفة
assaulting
مرتبط
assailant
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نصيحة للحفظ

Think of 'A-Salt'. If someone throws a bag of salt into your eyes, it is a painful physical assault.

اختبار سريع

The defendant was found guilty of attempting to _______ a police officer during the protest.

صحيح!

الإجابة الصحيحة هي: assault

أمثلة

1

He was charged with trying to assault a security guard outside the stadium.

everyday

He was accused of attempting to physically attack a guard outside the stadium.

2

The military forces were ordered to assault the enemy stronghold at daybreak.

formal

The troops were commanded to launch an attack on the fortified position at dawn.

3

That neon yellow shirt is really assaulting my eyes right now!

informal

That bright shirt is very unpleasant and overwhelming to look at.

4

The paper seeks to assault the prevailing theories of economic growth using new data sets.

academic

The article aims to strongly challenge and criticize existing economic theories with new data.

5

The company plans to assault the European market with a series of low-cost, high-quality products.

business

The firm intends to aggressively enter and compete within the European market.

عائلة الكلمة

اسم
assault
Verb
assault
صفة
assaulting
مرتبط
assailant

تلازمات شائعة

brutally assault To attack someone in an extremely violent and cruel manner
verbally assault To attack someone using harsh, aggressive, or abusive language
physically assault To attack someone with physical force
assault the senses Something so intense it overwhelms sight, smell, or hearing
sexual assault Illegal physical contact of a sexual nature

العبارات الشائعة

assault and battery

A legal term for a physical attack involving both the threat and the act

assault on the senses

An experience that is overwhelming to one's perception

armed assault

An attack carried out with weapons

يُخلط عادةً مع

assault vs insult

An insult is a verbal offense to someone's feelings, while an assault is a violent physical or intense metaphorical attack.

assault vs battery

In many legal systems, assault is the threat of violence, whereas battery is the actual physical contact.

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ملاحظات الاستخدام

While primarily used for physical violence, it is common in metaphorical contexts, such as 'assaulting one's intelligence' or 'assaulting a market'. In legal English, its definition varies by jurisdiction, sometimes requiring only the threat of harm.

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أخطاء شائعة

Learners often forget that 'assault' is a transitive verb and does not usually require a preposition like 'on' when used as a verb (e.g., 'they assaulted the city' is correct, not 'they assaulted on the city').

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نصيحة للحفظ

Think of 'A-Salt'. If someone throws a bag of salt into your eyes, it is a painful physical assault.

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أصل الكلمة

Derived from the Old French word 'assault', which comes from the Latin 'adsaltus', meaning 'to leap upon'.

أنماط نحوية

Transitive verb: takes a direct object. Regular verb: -ed suffix for past tense and past participle. Can be used as both a noun and a verb with the same spelling.
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السياق الثقافي

In Western legal systems, assault is a serious criminal offense, and the term is frequently used in news reporting regarding crime and military operations.

اختبار سريع

The defendant was found guilty of attempting to _______ a police officer during the protest.

صحيح!

الإجابة الصحيحة هي: assault

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C1

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C1

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C1

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superruptous

C1

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macrocapent

C1

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C1

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comsimilant

C1

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unidocite

C1

The quality or state of being contained within a single, unified document or a singular source of instruction. In academic and legal contexts, it refers to the authoritative synthesis of multiple rules or teachings into one cohesive text.

hyperverance

C1

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bispirtude

C1

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