Assault and battery
an -ssault with an actual touching or other violence upon another.
noun
(criminal law) a threat of attack to another person followed by actual attack, which need amount only to touching with hostile intent
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noun an obstacle course designed to give soldiers practice in negotiating hazards in making an -ssault
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a protective jacketlike garment, armored so as to resist bullets, knives, etc., worn especially by police officers for defense against attack.
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a sudden, violent attack; onslaught: an -ssault on tradition. law. an unlawful physical attack upon another; an attempt or offer to do violence to another, with or without battery, as by holding a stone or club in a threatening manner. military. the stage of close combat in an attack. 1 . to make an -ssault […]
- Assaultive
tending or seeming to ; physically aggressive: the -ssaultive behavior of the inmates; the -ssaultive manner of some rock bands. historical examples i did not say that he had -ssaultive or homicidal potential. warren commission (8 of 26): hearings vol. viii (of 15) the president’s commission on the -ss-ssination of president kennedy