All 4 Uses of
assault
in
Lucky, by Sebold
- He did not use the word raped but he said "assaulted brutally in a park near her campus.†
Chpt 5assaulted = attacked
- It's not 'the thing that happened to me,' or 'the assault,' or 'the beating,' or 'that.'†
Chpt 5assault = attack
- 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.†
Chpt 11
- That is the area where you were assaulted; is that right?†
Chpt 11 *assaulted = attacked
Definition:
to attack someone or something physically or verbally; or to threaten violence