All 3 Uses
assault
in
The Secret Life of Bees
(Edited)
- Assault, theft, and disturbing the peace.
p. 33.4assault = the crime of physically attacking someone
- They said she'd assaulted some men at the Esso station.
p. 44.4 *assaulted = attacked
- The policeman said Rosaleen assaulted the men, but I was there, and she was only protecting herself.
p. 240.1
Definitions:
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(1)
(assault) to attack someone or something physically or verbally; or to threaten violence
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)