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verbal assault

verbal assault noun: often used other than figuratively or idiomatically: an assault that is verbal.

Noun

verbal assault (plural verbal assaults)

  1. Often used other than figuratively or idiomatically: an assault that is verbal.
  2. (US) Oral or written speech that creates, or is intended to create, a fear of physical harm.
    • If a pupil enrolled in grade six or above committed a verbal assault at school against school personnel, described above, and the assault were reported to the school board by the victim, the school board or its designee would be required, after affording the required due process, to suspend the...1998, Michigan Senate Fiscal Agency, S.B. 313 (S-1), First Analysis: Student Expulsion for Assault, page 2
    • The only evidence of a verbal assault is the one Mr. Comstock and Mr. Solomon made on me. They made their threatening and intimidating statement to me after I complied with directions Judge Jeff B. Clark gave during the September 17,2007 hearing.2008, Victoria Laney, testimony to the Florida House Committee on Condominiums & Homeowners Association Governance http://www.myfloridahouse.gov/sections/Documents/loaddoc.aspx?PublicationType=Committ...

Forms of verbal assault

pluralverbal assaults

Questions about verbal assault

What does verbal assault mean?
Verbal assault means often used other than figuratively or idiomatically: an assault that is verbal.
What part of speech is verbal assault?
Verbal assault is a noun.
What is the plural of verbal assault?
The plural of verbal assault is verbal assaults.

Words near verbal assault in the dictionary

  1. verb. sap.
  2. Verba
  3. verbage
  4. verbal
  5. verbal adjective
  6. verbal assault
  7. verbal assaults
  8. verbal authority
  9. verbal communication
  10. verbal constipation
  11. verbal diarrhea

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