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a threatened or attempted physical attack by someone who appears to be able to cause bodily harm if not stopped close fighting during the culmination of a military attack thoroughbred that won the triple crown in 1946 attack someone physically or emotionally; "The mugger assaulted the woman"; "Nightmares assailed him regularly" the crime of forcing a woman to submit to sexual intercourse against her will force (someone) to have sex against their will; "The woman was raped on her way home at night" attack in speech or writing; "The editors of the left-leaning paper attacked the new House Speaker" |
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