To attack, physically or figuratively; to assail.
To threaten or harass.
A non-competitive combat between two fencers.
A violent onset or attack with physical means, for example blows, weapons, etc.
A violent verbal attack, for example with insults, criticism, and the like
An act that causes someone to apprehend imminent bodily harm (such as brandishing a weapon).
An attempt to commit battery: a violent attempt, or willful effort with force or violence, to do hurt to another, but without necessarily touching the person, such as by raising a fist in a threatening manner, or by striking at the person and missing.
The tort whose action is such an act.
The crime whose action is such an attempt.
To overpower, destroy (someone); to trounce.
To plunder, to destroy or despoil.
To force sexual intercourse or other penetrative sexual activity upon (someone) without their consent.
To carry (someone, especially a woman) off against their will, especially for sex; to abduct.
To seize by force. (Now often with overtones of later senses.)
Overpowerment; utter defeat.
Synonym of rapeseed, Brassica napus.
A filter containing the stalks and husks of grapes, used for clarifying wine, vinegar, etc.
The stalks and husks of grapes from which the must has been expressed in winemaking.
The act of forcing sex upon another person without their consent or against their will; originally coitus forced by a man on a woman, but now generally any sex act forced by any person upon another person; by extension, any non-consensual sex act forced on or perpetrated by any being.
One of the six former administrative divisions of Sussex, England.