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Definition
to attack someone or something physically or verbally; or to threaten violence
- You must not put another scandal on him, That he is open to incontinency; That's not my meaning: but breathe his faults so quaintly That they may seem the taints of liberty; The flash and outbreak of a fiery mind; A savageness in unreclaimed blood, Of general assault.2.1 — Act 2 Scene 1 — A room in Polonius's house (30% in)
There are no more uses of "assault" in Hamlet, Prince of Denmark.
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