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assaulting

assaulting is the present participle and gerund of assault.

Meaning of assault

Verb

assault (third-person singular simple present assaults, present participle assaulting, simple past and past participle assaulted)

  1. (transitive) To attack, physically or figuratively; to assail.
    • Tom was accused of assaulting another man outside a nightclub.
  2. (transitive) To threaten or harass.

See all 9 meanings of assault

Questions about assaulting

What is assaulting the present participle and gerund of?
Assaulting is the present participle and gerund of assault.

Words near assaulting in the dictionary

  1. assaultees
  2. assaulter
  3. assaulters
  4. assaultest
  5. assaulteth
  6. assaulting
  7. assaultive
  8. assaultively
  9. assaultiveness
  10. assaultives
  11. assaults

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