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assault [ə'sɔ:lt] n
h.rghts.act. geweld n
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assault [ə'sɔ:lt] n
law when someone tries or threatens to do violence or harm to someone else; When someone tries or threatens to hurt someone else. Can include violence, but is not battery.
mil., abbr. aslt
mil., logist. The climax of an attack; closing with the enemy in hand-to-hand fighting. 2. A short, violent, but well-ordered attack against a local objective such as a gun emplacement, a fort or a machine-gun nest. UKR/NATO 3. Final bound of the attack aiming at bursting into the enemy’s position and at the collision in the close-quarters combat pertains to small units. (FRA)
USA In an amphibious operation, the period of time between the arrival of the major assault forces of the amphibious task force in the objective area and the accomplishment of the amphibious task force mission (JP 3-02) see also assault phase; To make a short, violent, but well-ordered attack against a local objective, such as a gun emplacement, a fort, or a machine gun nest (JP 3-18) see also assault phase; A phase of an airborne operation beginning with delivery by air of the assault echelon of the force into the objective area and extending through attack of assault objectives and consolidation of the initial airhead (JP 3-18) see also assault phase
ASSAULT [ə'sɔ:lt] abbr.
abbr., mil. Automated Support System for Army Unit Logistics Training
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