All 3 Uses of
assault
in
The Fellowship of the Ring
- Three were carried away by the first assault of the flood; the others were now hurled into the water by their horses and overwhelmed.†
Chpt 2.1 *assault = attack
- For on the eve of the sudden assault a dream came to my brother in a troubled sleep; and afterwards a like dream came oft to him again, and once to me.†
Chpt 2.2
- A shuddering howl broke from him, as if he were a captain summoning his pack to the assault.†
Chpt 2.4
Definition:
to attack someone or something physically or verbally; or to threaten violence