All 8 Uses of
assault
in
Ender's Game
- Then he remembered the hand rockets sometimes used by marines when they did a boarding assault on an enemy station.†
Chpt 6
- They did know ... the tactics of assaulting the enemy's position on a star.
Chpt 7 *assaulting = attacking
- They persisted in assaulting stars that could have been bypassed by wall-sliding to a more advanced position.†
Chpt 7
- Condor Army forced the Salamanders into costly assaults.†
Chpt 7
- Even now, though, they reached the star and then assaulted the enemy from one direction only; "Over the top," cried Dink, and over they went.†
Chpt 8
- Only one of Ender's boys was completely frozen. one of C toon, which had borne the brunt of the assault—and only five were disabled.†
Chpt 11
- That can't go on—a competent enemy would cut up the assault force unless they have much better cover from the soldiers at a distance.†
Chpt 11
- Alai, form your force into a compact assault at one point in their globe.†
Chpt 14
Definition:
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(assault) to attack someone or something physically or verbally; or to threaten violence