Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to assault
Participle: assaulted
Gerund: assaulting
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | assault |
| you | assault |
| he;she;it | assaults |
| we | assault |
| you | assault |
| they | assault |
Perfect
| I | have assaulted |
| you | have assaulted |
| he;she;it | has assaulted |
| we | have assaulted |
| you | have assaulted |
| they | have assaulted |
Past
| I | assaulted |
| you | assaulted |
| he;she;it | assaulted |
| we | assaulted |
| you | assaulted |
| they | assaulted |
Pluperfect
| I | had assaulted |
| you | had assaulted |
| he;she;it | had assaulted |
| we | had assaulted |
| you | had assaulted |
| they | had assaulted |
Future
| I | will assault |
| you | will assault |
| he;she;it | will assault |
| we | will assault |
| you | will assault |
| they | will assault |
Future Perfect
| I | will have assaulted |
| you | will have assaulted |
| he;she;it | will have assaulted |
| we | will have assaulted |
| you | will have assaulted |
| they | will have assaulted |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | assault |
| you | assault |
| he;she;it | assault |
| we | assault |
| you | assault |
| they | assault |
Perfect
| I | have assaulted |
| you | have assaulted |
| he;she;it | have assaulted |
| we | have assaulted |
| you | have assaulted |
| they | have assaulted |
Imperfect
| I | assaulted |
| you | assaulted |
| he;she;it | assaulted |
| we | assaulted |
| you | assaulted |
| they | assaulted |
Pluperfect
| I | had assaulted |
| you | had assaulted |
| he;she;it | had assaulted |
| we | had assaulted |
| you | had assaulted |
| they | had assaulted |
Conditional
Present
| I | would assault |
| you | would assault |
| he;she;it | would assault |
| we | would assault |
| you | would assault |
| they | would assault |
Perfect
| I | would have assaulted |
| you | would have assaulted |
| he;she;it | would have assaulted |
| we | would have assaulted |
| you | would have assaulted |
| they | would have assaulted |
Imperative
| you | assault |
| we | Let's assault |
| you | assault |
Verbs conjugated like 'assault'
abandon,
abduct,
abear,
aberr,
abject,
abord,
abort,
abound,
abraid,
abray,
abrook,
abscind,
abscond,
absist,
absorb,
abstain,
abstract,
accend,
accent,
accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'assault'
assail,
assaile,
assart,
auscult,
reassault,
ablaut,
adaunt,
adult,
asphalt,
assagai,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Synonyms
- to apply violent force to a person or object
- abuse, aggress, attack, beat, beleaguer, bepommel, beset, besiege, bombard, charge, dust up, fall on, fall upon, hit, impugn, invade, lay into, lay siege, let someone have it, light into, onfall, onset, overrun, pommel, pound, rush, set the dogs upon, set upon, storm, strike, strike at, wap, whap
- assail
- attack, strike, invade, charge, storm, besiege
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
From Middle English assaut, from Old French noun assaut, derived from the past participle of the verb assalir, from Late Latin assalīre, from Latin ad (“at, towards”) + salīre (“jump”). See also assail. Spelling Latinized around 1530 to add an l.
Sample Sentences
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Tom was accused of assaulting another man outside a nightclub.
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Loud music assaulted our ears as we entered the building.