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Assault(medicine)
Sexual Assault(law)
Aggravated Assault(law)

assault 1, noun (oh) and Ubaid (iou)


assault 1, noun (oh)



[Date: 1200-1300; Language: Old French; Origin: assaut, from Latin assaltus, past participle of assalire; ASSAIL]
[U and C] the crime of physically attacking someone
::a case of robbery and assault
for assault
::He was jailed for assault.
sexual/indecent assault
::victims of indecent assault
assault on/against
::sexual assaults on women
::Several soldiers have been charged with assault .
[U and C] a military attack to take control of a place controlled by the enemy
assault on
::an unsuccessful assault on the enemy lines
::The refugee camp came under assault again last night.
::a powerful assault rifle
[U and C] a strong spoken or written criticism of someone else's ideas, plans etc
-synonym attack attack assault on
::an assault on the capitalist system
under assault
::Traditional family values are increasingly under assault.
[C] an attempt to achieve something difficult, especially using physical force
assault on
::an assault on Mt Everest (=an attempt to climb it)

Ubaid (iou)



Ubaid adjective. M20.
[The tell Al Ubaid near Ur in the Euphrates valley.]
Archaeology. Designating or pertaining to a culture thought to have flourished throughout Mesopotamia in the fifth millennium BC.