assault

assault (danh từ) nghĩa là cuộc tấn công, sự hành hung, sự công kích.

1. A violent onset or attack with physical means, for example blows, weapons, etc.Cuộc tấn công bằng bạo lực, chẳng hạn bằng đòn đánh hoặc vũ khí.
2. A violent verbal attack, for example with insults, criticism, and the likeSự công kích dữ dội bằng lời nói, chẳng hạn bằng lời lăng mạ hoặc chỉ trích.
3. An attempt to commit battery: a violent attempt, or willful effort with force or violence, to do hurt to another, but without necessarily touching the person, such as by raising a fist in a threatening manner, or by striking at the person and missing.
4. The crime whose action is such an attempt.
5. An act that causes someone to apprehend imminent bodily harm (such as brandishing a weapon).

• The army made an assault on the enemy.
• She launched a written assault on the opposition party.