assault

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Although the Israeli reasoning for their assault has been the Gaza shelling of southern Israeli towns, the suspicion has been all along the elimination of Hamas and restoration of the West Bank regime of moderate Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas, who has unsuccessfully been negotiating with Israel for a year.

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  1. noun A violent physical or verbal attack.
  2. noun A military attack, such as one launched against a fortified area or place.
  3. noun The concluding stage of an attack in which close combat occurs with the enemy.
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  • Although the Israeli reasoning for their assault has been the Gaza shelling of southern Israeli towns, the suspicion has been all along the elimination of Hamas and restoration of the West Bank regime of moderate Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas, who has unsuccessfully been negotiating with Israel for a year. —  Propeller Most Popular Stories
  • Georgian President Mikhail Saakashvili said he ordered the barrage after Russian troops began entering South Ossetia, but Russia says the assault was a bloodthirsty attempt to retake the region. —  Newsvine - Get Smarter Here
  • Douglas, who Bloomquist said had had a long-term relationship with the woman, had been in jail for several months before the assault was alleged to have taken place. —  The Gazette-Enterprise: News
  • She said two of her friends who tried to assist her during the assault were also manhandled and pushed around. —  IOL: News
  • Anyone with information about the assault was asked to call the sheriff's investigations division at 408-808-4500. —  AsianWeek
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attack ·  invasion ·  raid ·  violence ·  murder ·  combat ·  threat ·  battle ·  robbery ·  destruction ·  rape ·  attempt

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assault:   assaults ·  assaulted ·  assaulting
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Etymologies (3)

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  1. Middle English assaut, from Old French, from Vulgar Latin *assaltus, variant of Latin assultus, from past participle of assilīre, to jump on; see assail.

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  1. The l has been restored, as in fault, vault, etc.; from Middle English assaut, asaut, asaute (also by apheresis saut, later sault), Old French assaut, assalt, asalt, French assaut = Provencal assaut = Spanish asalto = Portuguese Italian assalto, from Middle Latin assaltus, assault, attack, from assalire, assail: see assail.
  2. from late Middle English assaute, asaute (and by apheresis saute, later sault), from Old French asauter, later assaulter = Spanish asaltar = Portuguese assaltar = Italian assaltare, from Middle Latin assaltare, from Latin ad, to, upon, + saltare, leap: see the noun.
 

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