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Assault Soldiers Attack Weapons Rifles Intended Battle Purposes

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A______ weapons such as rifles are intended for soldiers to use in battle rather than for purposes such as hunting .Assault weapons such as rifles are intended for soldiers to use in battle rather than for purposes such as hunting .
...a high-powered assault rifle.
word assault
full-definition
noun
An assault by an army is a strong attack made on an area held by the enemy .
The rebels are poised for a new assault on the government garrisons.
Most U.S. soldiers welcomed the ground assault when the order was finally given.
An assault on a person is a physical attack on them.
The attack is one of a series of savage sexual assaults on women in the university area.
At the police station, I was charged with assault.
An assault on someone's beliefs is a strong criticism of them.
He leveled a verbal assault against his Democratic opponents.
adjective
Assault weapons such as rifles are intended for soldiers to use in battle rather than for purposes such as hunting .
...a high-powered assault rifle.
verb
To assault someone means to physically attack them.
The gang assaulted him with iron bars.
She may have been sexually assaulted by her killer.
inflections assaultsassaultingassaulted
cefr-level C1

Tags: oxford5k::cefr-level:c1

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