4 uses
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Definition
to attack someone or something physically or verbally; or to threaten violence
- That is the area where you were assaulted; is that right?Chapter Eleven (60% in)
- He did not use the word raped but he said "assaulted brutally in a park near her campus.Chapter Five (16% in)
- "It's not 'the thing that happened to me,' or 'the assault,' or 'the beating,' or 'that.'Chapter Five (35% in)
- I described the assault, the blow job, talked about how cold I was, detailed the robbery of $8 from my back pocket, his kiss good-bye, his apology.Chapter Eleven (38% in)
There are no more uses of "assault" in Lucky by Sebold.
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