assault
     n 1: close fighting during the culmination of a military attack
     2: a threatened or attempted physical attack by someone who
        appears to be able to cause bodily harm if not stopped
     3: thoroughbred that won the triple crown in 1946
     4: the crime of forcing a woman to submit to sexual intercourse
        against her will [syn: {rape}, {violation}, {ravishment}]
     v 1: attack someone physically or emotionally; "The mugger
          assaulted the woman"; "Nightmares assailed him
          regularly" [syn: {assail}, {set on}, {attack}]
     2: force (someone) to have sex against their will; "The woman
        was raped on her way home at night" [syn: {rape}, {ravish},
         {violate}, {dishonor}, {dishonour}, {outrage}]
     3: attack in speech or writing; "The editors of the
        left-leaning paper attacked the new House Speaker" [syn: {attack},
         {round}, {assail}, {lash out}, {snipe}]
Source: WordNet® 2.0