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ASSAULT

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Traducere în limba română

assault I. substantiv

1. atac, asalt, năvală; (la scrimă)

assault at / of arms asalt;

(mil.) to take / to carry a fortress by assault a lua cu asalt o fortăreaţă.

2. (jur.) atac (cu violenţă fizică); silnicie;

assault and battery (act de) violenţă.

3. atacuri.

4. (euf.) viol, siluire.

assault II. verb A. tranzitiv

1. a ataca; a tăbărî / a năvăli asupra (cuiva, cu ameninţări şi lovituri).

2. a asalta, a ataca, a lua cu asalt.

3. (jur.) a ataca (cu violenţă fizică).

assault II. verb B. intranzitiv

a ataca, a asalta, a se năpusti.

 Exemple de propoziții și/sau fraze: 

"Then where did Judge Blount get the license to assault truth?" Martin demanded.

(Martin Eden, de Jack London)

“I had no doubt that the gang of roughs who assaulted me had carried off both my hat and the bird. I did not care to spend more money in a hopeless attempt at recovering them.”

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Of the fate of Carruthers, I have no record, but I am sure that his assault was not viewed very gravely by the court, since Woodley had the reputation of being a most dangerous ruffian, and I think that a few months were sufficient to satisfy the demands of justice.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

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