All 5 Uses of
assault
in
Catch-22
- One day he had stumbled while marching to class; the next day he was formally charged with 'breaking ranks while in formation, felonious assault, indiscriminate behavior, mopery, high treason, provoking, being a smart guy, listening to classical music and so on'.†
Chpt 8
- His paramount concern throughout the entire assault was to keep his dark glasses and false mustache in place so that he might continue pretending he was somebody else and be spared the dreaded necessity of having to confront them with his authority.†
Chpt 9
- Yossarian slithered into his own clothes between assaults.†
Chpt 16 *
- They went snooping into his eyes and ears with tiny beams of light, assaulted his legs and feet with rubber hammers and vibrating forks, drew blood from his veins, held anything handy up for him to see on the periphery of his vision.†
Chpt 18
- He broke the brunt of her assault with his upraised elbow and punched her neatly on the jaw.†
Chpt 38
Definition:
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(assault) to attack someone or something physically or verbally; or to threaten violence