English-Polish translations for assault

  • atakDla ofiar brutalnych ataków to, na czyj rozkaz użyto przemocy ma niewielkie znaczenie. For the victims of violent assaults, it is of little concern who ordered the violence. Kwestionujemy także twierdzenie, że atak izraelski był odpowiedzią na ostrzał rakietowy Hamasu. We also question the claim that Israel's assault was initiated as a response to rocket fire from Hamas. Jednakże w ostatnich latach nasze instytucje i tradycyjne wartości są przedmiotem ciągłych ataków wewnętrznych i zewnętrznych. However, in recent years, our institutions and traditional values have been under constant assault from within and without.
  • napadTen brutalny, nie rabunkowy napad zasługuje na najwyższe potępienie. This brutal assault, which was not motivated by robbery, deserves the most severe condemnation.
  • napadać
  • napaść
  • szturm
  • targnąć

Definition of assault

  • A violent onset or attack with physical means, for example blows, weapons, etc
  • A violent onset or attack with moral weapons, for example words, arguments, appeals, and the like
  • An attempt to commit battery: a violent attempt, or willful effort with force or violence, to do hurt to another, but without necessarily touching his person, as by lifting a fist in a threatening manner, or by striking at him and missing him
  • An act that causes someone to apprehend imminent bodily harm
  • A non-competitive combat between two fencers
  • To attack, physically or figuratively
  • To threaten or harass.

Examples

  • to make assault upon a man, a house, or a town
  • to make an assault on the [[prerogative
  • prerogatives]] of a prince, or on the constitution of a government
  • Tom was accused of assaulting another man outside a nightclub.
  • Loud music assaulted our ears as we entered the building.

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