assault betydelse and definition

Betydelse av assault på svenska

• 0 a violent attack:

  • He was charged with sexual assault.

  • UK The number of indecent assaults has increased alarmingly over the past year.

  • an assault on a police officer

  • They launched an assault on the capital yesterday.

  • Women's groups have demanded a nationwide assault on sexism in the workplace.

  • She died heroically during an assault on the world's second-highest mountain.

• 1 to attack someone violently:

  • A woman and a man have been convicted of assaulting a police officer.

  • He had attempted to sexually assault the woman.

• 2 to make a sudden, violent attack on someone