An act that causes someone to apprehend imminent bodily harm (such as brandishing a weapon).
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 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 threaten or harass.
To attack, physically or figuratively; to assail.
An act of withdrawing or a state of being withdrawn.
A method of birth control which consists of removing the penis from the vagina before ejaculation.
The sum of money taken from a bank account.
Receiving from someone's care what one has earlier entrusted to them. Usually refers to money.
A type of metabolic shock the body undergoes when a substance, usually a toxin such as heroin, to which a patient is dependent is withheld. Sometimes used with the substance as modifier.