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- English Word Assassinate Definition To kill by surprise or secret assault; to murder by treacherous violence.
- English Word Assassinate Definition To assail with murderous intent; hence, by extended meaning, to maltreat exceedingly.
- English Word Assassinate Definition An assassination, murder, or murderous assault.
- English Word Assassinate Definition An assassin.
- English Word Assassinated Definition of Assassinate
- English Word Assassinating Definition of Assassinate
- English Word Assassination Definition The act of assassinating; a killing by treacherous violence.
- English Word Assassinator Definition An assassin.
- English Word Assassinous Definition Murderous.
- English Word Assastion Definition Roasting.
- English Word Assault Definition A violent onset or attack with physical means, as blows, weapons, etc.; an onslaught; the rush or charge of an attacking force; onset; as, to make assault upon a man, a house, or a town.
- English Word Assault Definition A violent onset or attack with moral weapons, as words, arguments, appeals, and the like; as, to make an assault on the prerogatives of a prince, or on the constitution of a government.
- English Word Assault Definition An apparently violent attempt, or willful offer with force or violence, to do hurt to another; an attempt or offer to beat another, accompanied by a degree of violence, but without touching his person, as by lifting the fist, or a cane, in a threatening manner, or by striking at him, and missing him. If the blow aimed takes effect, it is a battery.
- English Word Assault Definition To make an assault upon, as by a sudden rush of armed men; to attack with unlawful or insulting physical violence or menaces.
- English Word Assault Definition To attack with moral means, or with a view of producing moral effects; to attack by words, arguments, or unfriendly measures; to assail; as, to assault a reputation or an administration.
- English Word Assaultable Definition Capable of being assaulted.
- English Word Assaulted Definition of Assault
- English Word Assaulter Definition One who assaults, or violently attacks; an assailant.
- English Word Assaulting Definition of Assault
- English Word Assay Definition Trial; attempt; essay.