Both Uses
assault
in
The Glass Castle
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- Mom threw the light switch, and we kids all started the assault.†
p. 101.2 *assault = attack
- She said that sexual assault was a crime of perception.†
p. 184.3
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)