[əˈsɒlt], (Verb)

Definitions:
- make a physical attack on
(e.g: he pleaded guilty to assaulting a police officer)


Phrases:

Origin:
Middle English: from Old French asaut (noun), assauter (verb), based on Latin ad- ‘to’ + saltare, frequentative of salire ‘to leap’. Compare with assail

[əˈsɒlt], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a physical attack
(e.g: his imprisonment for an assault on the film director)

- a concerted attempt to do something demanding
(e.g: a winter assault on Mt Everest)


Phrases:

Origin:
Middle English: from Old French asaut (noun), assauter (verb), based on Latin ad- ‘to’ + saltare, frequentative of salire ‘to leap’. Compare with assail