Definition of Assault

a physical attack

Examples of Assault in a sentence

An assault of the police officer left him bloody and battered.  🔊

Holding a bat in her hand, the angry woman threatened to assault her husband.  🔊

The man was charged with assault after he attacked another man in a bar brawl.  🔊

During the robbery, the thief tried to assault the clerk by hitting her with a steel bar.  🔊

Though she wouldn’t admit to the assault, video showed the mayor attacking another woman outside of her office.  🔊

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