assault
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
close fighting during the culmination of a military attack
Types & categories
- engagement hypernym
- resisting arrest hyponym
- storm hyponym
Parts & wholes
- attack part holonym
Related & opposite
- military domain topic
Sense 2 verb
attack someone physically or emotionally
The mugger assaulted the woman
Types & categories
Related & opposite
- assault derivation
- ravishment derivation
- attempt derivation
- aggressor derivation
- assaultive derivation
Sense 3 noun
a threatened or attempted physical attack by someone who appears to be able to cause bodily harm if not stopped
Types & categories
- attempt hypernym
- aggravated assault hyponym
- assault and battery hyponym
- mugging hyponym
Related & opposite
- assault derivation
Sense 4 verb
force (someone) to have sex against their will
The woman was raped on her way home at night
Types & categories
Related & opposite
- outrage derivation
- ravishment derivation
- raper derivation
- ravisher derivation
- dishonor derivation
- assaultive derivation
Sense 5 verb
attack in speech or writing
The editors of the left-leaning paper attacked the new House Speaker
Types & categories
Related & opposite
- flak derivation
- aggressor derivation
- assaultive derivation
Sense 6 noun
the crime of forcing a woman to submit to sexual intercourse against her will
Types & categories
- sexual assault hypernym
- date rape hyponym
- statutory rape hyponym
Related & opposite
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | domain topic | Related & opposite | military |
| 1 | part holonym | Parts & wholes | attack |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | engagement |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | resisting arrest |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | storm |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | assault |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | ravishment |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | attempt |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | aggressor |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | assaultive |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | bait |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | sic |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | bulldog |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | rush |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | blindside |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | savage |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | reassail |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | jump |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | set upon |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | rape |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | desecrate |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | molest |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | assault |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | attempt |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | aggravated assault |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | assault and battery |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | mugging |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | outrage |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | ravishment |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | raper |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | ravisher |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | dishonor |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | assaultive |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | assault |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | gang-rape |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | flak |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | aggressor |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | assaultive |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | criticize |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | blackguard |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | claw |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | vitriol |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | rip |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | whang |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | barrage |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | scald |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | rubbish |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | assault |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | rape |
| 6 | hypernym | Types & categories | sexual assault |
| 6 | hyponym | Types & categories | date rape |
| 6 | hyponym | Types & categories | statutory rape |