assault: meaning and words from its letters
7 letters · 7 letter points · starts with A · ends with T
Meaning of assault
noun
- countable, uncountable
A violent onset or attack with physical means, for example blows, weapons, etc.
Example: The army made an assault on the enemy.
- countable, uncountable
A violent verbal attack, for example with insults, criticism, and the like
Example: She launched a written assault on the opposition party.
- countable, uncountable
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.
- countable, singular, singular-only, uncountable
The crime whose action is such an attempt.
Listed forms: assaults.
Source: Wiktionary — assault.
verb
- transitive
To attack, physically or figuratively; to assail.
Example: Tom was accused of assaulting another man outside a nightclub.
- transitive
To threaten or harass.
Listed forms: assaults, assaulting, assaulted.
Source: Wiktionary — assault.
Adapted from Wiktionary contributors via Kaikki.org. Selected senses and forms; quotations omitted. Definition text is CC BY-SA 4.0.
Synonyms by meaning
Words are grouped by sense, so they are not necessarily interchangeable in every context. Search synonyms for assault.
noun
the crime of forcing a person to submit to sexual intercourse against his or her will
verb
attack someone physically or emotionally
verb
force (someone) to have sex against their will
verb
attack in speech or writing
Open English WordNet Team, 2025, derived from Princeton University WordNet; selected synonym groups under CC BY 4.0. Source · OEWN notice · Princeton notice.
Is assault in our word lists?
| Word list | Status |
|---|---|
| American English | Found |
| British English | Found |
| Extended English | Found |
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Letter-value score of assault
A(1) + S(1) + S(1) + A(1) + U(1) + L(1) + T(1) = 7 points.
This is a sum of letter values without board bonuses or word multipliers. A blank tile is worth zero: subtract the value of each letter supplied by a blank. The score does not establish game validity. Full letter-value table.
Anagrams of assault
0 other standard-list words use exactly these letters, including repeated letters.
No other single-word anagram was found in our standard list.
Shorter words from assault
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