Assault: alternatives and connections

To put to a wrong use; to misapply; to misuse; to put to a bad use; to use for a wrong purpose or end; to pervert; as, to abuse inherited gold; to ma…

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Any substance, esp. food, used in catching fish, or other animals, by alluring them to a hook, snare, inclosure, or net.

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An artificial bar or obstruction placed in a river or water course to increase the depth of water; as, the barrages of the Nile.

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of Beset

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The scullions and lower menials of a court, or of a nobleman's household, who, in a removal from one residence to another, had charge of the kitchen…

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A vesicle of the skin, containing watery matter or serum, whether occasioned by a burn or other injury, or by a vesicatory; a collection of serous fl…

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A piece of heavy ordnance formerly used for throwing stones and other ponderous missiles. It was the earliest kind of cannon.

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A variety of dog, of remarkable ferocity, courage, and tenacity of grip; -- so named, probably, from being formerly employed in baiting bulls.

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To fight and scratch.

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A sharp, hooked nail, as of a beast or bird.

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To divest of a sacred character or office; to divert from a sacred purpose; to violate the sanctity of; to profane; to put to an unworthy use; -- the…

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Lack of honor; disgrace; ignominy; shame; reproach.

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A kind of loose jacket for men.

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To trouble; to disturb; to render uneasy; to interfere with; to vex.

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To rage in excess of.

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Not sacred or holy; not possessing peculiar sanctity; unconsecrated; hence, relating to matters other than sacred; secular; -- opposed to sacred, rel…

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Fruit, as grapes, plucked from the cluster.

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To seize and carry away by violence; to snatch by force.

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A wicker fish basket.

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Waste or rejected matter; anything worthless; valueless stuff; trash; especially, fragments of building materials or fallen buildings; ruins; debris.

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A name given to many aquatic or marsh-growing endogenous plants with soft, slender stems, as the species of Juncus and Scirpus.

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Of or pertaining to the forest; remote from human abodes and cultivation; in a state of nature; wild; as, a savage wilderness.

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To burn with hot liquid or steam; to pain or injure by contact with, or immersion in, any hot fluid; as, to scald the hand.

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To burn superficially; to parch, or shrivel, the surface of, by heat; to subject to so much heat as changes color and texture without consuming; as,…

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of Set

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To utter a sudden and loud outcry, as in joy, triumph, or exultation, or to attract attention, to animate soldiers, etc.

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Such.

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To treat in a violent manner; to abuse.

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A sulphate of any one of certain metals, as copper, iron, zinc, cobalt. So called on account of the glassy appearance or luster.

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A leather thong.

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To strike with a lash, a cord, a rod, or anything slender and lithe; to lash; to beat; as, to whip a horse, or a carpet.

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That which is done or doing; the exercise of power, or the effect, of which power exerted is the cause; a performance; a deed.

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To attack with violence, or in a vehement and hostile manner; to assault; to molest; as, to assail a man with blows; to assail a city with artillery.

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To fall upon with force; to assail, as with force and arms; to assault.

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To make trial or experiment of; to try; to endeavor to do or perform (some action); to assay; as, to attempt to sing; to attempt a bold flight.

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Fertile. See Battel, a.

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A striking or dashing together; violent collision; as, a conflict of elements or waves.

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To examine and judge as a critic; to pass literary or artistic judgment upon; as, to criticise an author; to criticise a picture.

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The act of engaging, pledging, enlisting, occupying, or entering into contest.

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To strive or contend for victory, with armies or in single combat; to attempt to defeat, subdue, or destroy an enemy, either by blows or weapons; to…

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To drive or be driven against something; to strike against something; to clash; as, one heavy body knocks against another.

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To cause to change place or posture in any manner; to set in motion; to carry, convey, draw, or push from one place to another; to impel; to stir; as…

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The act of battering or beating.

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A violent disturbance of the atmosphere, attended by wind, rain, snow, hail, or thunder and lightning; hence, often, a heavy fall of rain, snow, or h…

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Assailing; attacking.

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Assailing; attacking.

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To rage in excess of.

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To rage in excess of.

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Fruit, as grapes, plucked from the cluster.

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Fruit, as grapes, plucked from the cluster.

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To fall upon with force; to assail, as with force and arms; to assault.

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A rushing onward.

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A rushing or setting upon; an attack; an assault; a storming; especially, the assault of an army.

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An attack; an onset; esp., a furious or murderous attack or assault.

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To attack with violence, or in a vehement and hostile manner; to assault; to molest; as, to assail a man with blows; to assail a city with artillery.

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To fall upon with force; to assail, as with force and arms; to assault.

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Lack of honor; disgrace; ignominy; shame; reproach.

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To rage in excess of.

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Fruit, as grapes, plucked from the cluster.

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To seize and carry away by violence; to snatch by force.

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The act of carrying away by force or against consent; abduction; as, the ravishment of children from their parents, of a ward from his guardian, or o…

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To whisper.

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Any one of numerous species of limicoline game birds of the family Scolopacidae, having a long, slender, nearly straight beak.

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To treat in a violent manner; to abuse.

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The act of violating, treating with violence, or injuring; the state of being violated.

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