Assault jacket
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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- Assault rifle
a military rifle capable of both automatic and semiautomatic fire, utilizing an intermediate-power cartridge. a nonmilitary weapon modeled on the military assault rifle, usually modified to allow only semiautomatic fire. Contemporary Examples McLelland had been shot multiple times with an assault rifle. It Wasn’t the Aryan Brotherhood, Apparently: Texas Woman Confesses to Role in D.A. […]
- Assault weapon
any of various automatic and semiautomatic military firearms utilizing an intermediate-power cartridge, designed for individual use. Compare . Contemporary Examples It makes no difference that there is no reason whatsoever for a private citizen to own an assault weapon. Why the South Loves Guns David Sessions December 15, 2012 Every household with a male in […]
- Assaulted
a sudden, violent attack; onslaught: an assault 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 assault […]
- Assaulter
a sudden, violent attack; onslaught: an assault 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 assault […]
- Assaultive
tending or seeming to ; physically aggressive: the assaultive behavior of the inmates; the assaultive manner of some rock bands. Historical Examples I did not say that he had assaultive or homicidal potential. Warren Commission (8 of 26): Hearings Vol. VIII (of 15) The President’s Commission on the Assassination of President Kennedy