Both Uses of
assault
in
The Hunger Games
- I arbitrarily punch buttons on the control board and end up hopping from foot to foot as alternating jets of icy cold and steaming hot water assault me.†
p. 86.6 *assault = attack
- Before I can get this out, the mutts begin a new assault on the horn.†
p. 334.8
Definition:
to attack someone or something physically or verbally; or to threaten violence