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Results for: "assault"

Translating from English to Swedish

Translations:

assault — violent onset or attack with physical means
→ angrepp n
→ attack c
→ överfall n
assault — to attack
→ anfalla
→ angrepp n

More translations:

assault
→ överfalla
assault
→ misshandla sexuellt, våldta
assault
→ överfall, angrepp
assault
→ sexövergrepp, våldtäkt

Additional Definitions (WordNet):


NOUN (4)

1. close fighting during the culmination of a military attack;

2. a threatened or attempted physical attack by someone who appears to be able to cause bodily harm if not stopped;

3. thoroughbred that won the triple crown in 1946;

4. the crime of forcing a woman to submit to sexual intercourse against her will;
[syn: rape, violation, assault, ravishment]


VERB (3)

1. attack someone physically or emotionally;
- Example: "The mugger assaulted the woman"
- Example: "Nightmares assailed him regularly"
[syn: assail, assault, set on, attack]

2. force (someone) to have sex against their will;
- Example: "The woman was raped on her way home at night"
[syn: rape, ravish, violate, assault, dishonor, dishonour, outrage]

3. attack in speech or writing;
- Example: "The editors of the left-leaning paper attacked the new House Speaker"
[syn: attack, round, assail, lash out, snipe, assault]