Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Older spelling of
assault .
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Examples
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Specter voted against the assaut weapons ban in the 1990s and opposed extending the ban in 2004.
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The final half-hour - a fiery naval battle followed by a massive ground assaut - is thrilling filmmaking, shifting easily from a macro viewpoint to micro and back again, ending as you would hope, with a face-to-face encounter between the film's principal adversaries.
Marshall Fine: HuffPost Review: Red Cliff - Return of the real John Woo 2009
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Today, Britain has gross and ludicrous laws created by Euro-bureaucrats, one assumes, but with the full force of legality in our country which ensure that anyone who challenges, reproves or in any way moves to restrain a vicious child can be arrested and imprisoned, facing serious charges of assaut.
Today... Joanna Bogle 2008
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Today, Britain has gross and ludicrous laws created by Euro-bureaucrats, one assumes, but with the full force of legality in our country which ensure that anyone who challenges, reproves or in any way moves to restrain a vicious child can be arrested and imprisoned, facing serious charges of assaut.
Archive 2008-08-01 Joanna Bogle 2008
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For neuer through any assaut of fortune (the sharpenesse wherof I haue often felt) haue I bene vanquished with so great disquiet, as nowe.
The Palace of Pleasure, Volume 1 William Painter
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"_A vous, monsieur_!" roared out a French quarter-master on board of the lugger, in imitation of the compliments which take place previously to an _assaut d'armes_, at the same time taking off his hat, and bowing to the cutter.
The King's Own Frederick Marryat 1820
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Say, whay type of assaut rifle would the Baby Jesus prefer?
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Say, whay type of assaut rifle would the Baby Jesus prefer?
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Gaza, et pris le contrôle du navire sans violences, a annoncé l'armée, cinq jours après un assaut sanglant sur
WN.com - Articles related to Pourquoi Obama et Sarkozy doivent s'investir au Proche-Orient 2010
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The report contains information on the investigation into the alleged sexual assaut of a 7-year-old boy in a bathroom connected to the U.S. Customs and Border
Brownsville Herald : 2010
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