Both Uses of
assault
in
Wuthering Heights
- I felt my heels and coat-laps peculiar subjects of assault; and parrying off the larger combatants as effectually as I could with the poker, I was constrained to demand, aloud, assistance from some of the household in re-establishing peace.†
Chpt 1
- This was worse than before: the youth grew crimson, and clenched his fist, with every appearance of a meditated assault.†
Chpt 2 *
Definition:
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(assault) to attack someone or something physically or verbally; or to threaten violence