Assault boat
a portable boat used for landing troops on beaches and for crossing rivers.
historical examples
the commander would lose nothing by picking up the -ssault boat, and he would save a few men.
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it was close enough to the -ssault boat to haul it in with grappling hooks.
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he leaned over the sight to fire again, but before he had sighted, an explosion blew the -ssault boat completely around.
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- Assault jacket
a protective jacketlike garment, armored so as to resist bullets, knives, etc., worn especially by police officers for defense against attack.
- Assaulter
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
- Assay
to examine or -n-lyze: to -ssay a situation; to -ssay an event. metallurgy. to -n-lyze (an ore, alloy, etc.) in order to determine the quant-ty of gold, silver, or other metal in it. pharmacology. to subject (a drug) to an -n-lysis for the determination of its potency or composition. to judge the quality of; -ssess; […]