Словарь синонимов английского языка - assault

(n) 1. attack, onslaught, onset, charge, offensive, blitzkrieg, blitz, strike, baid, incursion, sortie; aggression, invasion: At dawn we launched the assault on the fort. 2. beating, battering, hold-up, mugging; rape, violation, molestadion; Law battery: The defendant is accused of assault. -(v) 3. attack, assail, set or fall upon, pounce upon, storm, beset, charge, rush, lay into: The elderly couple were assaulted near their home. 4. rape, violate, molest: Three women were assaulted in that neighbourhood last night. 5. beat (up), batter, bruise, harm, hit, strike, punch, smite: She complained that her husband continually assaulted the children.