Both Uses of
assault
in
The Count of Monte Cristo
- The Catalan watched him until Caderousse, almost overcome by this fresh assault on his senses, rested, or rather dropped, his glass upon the table.†
Chpt 3-4 *assault = attack
- Suppose I was a soldier like you, and ordered to carry a certain redoubt, and you knew I must be killed in the assault, would you not say to me, as you said just now, 'Go, father; for you are dishonored by delay, and death is preferable to shame!'†
Chpt 29-30
Definition:
to attack someone or something physically or verbally; or to threaten violence