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A piece of land cleared of trees and bushes, and fitted for cultivation; a clearing.
To grub up, as trees; to commit an assart upon; as, to assart land or trees.
One who kills, or attempts to kill, by surprise or secret assault; one who treacherously murders any one unprepared for defense.
To assassinate.
To kill by surprise or secret assault; to murder by treacherous violence.
To assail with murderous intent; hence, by extended meaning, to maltreat exceedingly.
An assassination, murder, or murderous assault.
An assassin.
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The act of assassinating; a killing by treacherous violence.
An assassin.
Murderous.
Roasting.
To make an assault upon, as by a sudden rush of armed men; to attack with unlawful or insulting physical violence or menaces.
To attack with moral means, or with a view of producing moral effects; to attack by words, arguments, or unfriendly measures; to assail; as, to assault a reputation or an administration.
An apparently violent attempt, or willful offer with force or violence, to do hurt to another; an attempt or offer to beat another, accompanied by a degree of violence, but without touching his person, as by lifting the fist, or a cane, in a threatening manner, or by striking at him, and missing him. If the blow aimed takes effect, it is a battery.
A violent onset or attack with moral weapons, as words, arguments, appeals, and the like; as, to make an assault on the prerogatives of a prince, or on the constitution of a government.
A violent onset or attack with physical means, as blows, weapons, etc.; an onslaught; the rush or charge of an attacking force; onset; as, to make assault upon a man, a house, or a town.
Capable of being assaulted.