4.A phase of an airborne operation beginning with delivery by air of the assault echelon of the force into the objective area and extending through attack of assault objectives and consolidation of the initial airhead. See also assault phase; landing attack. ...
vb, beats, beating, beat, beaten or beat 1. (when: intr, often foll by against, on, etc) to strike with or as if with a series of violent blows; dash or pound repeatedly (against) 2. (tr) to punish by striking; flog 3. to move or cause to move up and down; flap: the bir...
often living in the same household. The term is often used specifically to designate physicalassaultsuponwomenby their male partners, but, though rarer, the victim may be a male abused by his female partner, and the term may also be used regarding abuse of both women andmenby same-sex pa...
When Hitler came to power legally on January 30, 1933, as the head of a coalition government, his first objective was to consolidate power and to eliminate political opposition. The assault against the Jews began on April 1 with a boycott of Jewish businesses. A week later the Nazis dismisse...
Related to assault:assault and battery,Assault course,aggravated assault AtCommon Law,an intentional act by one person that creates an apprehension in another of an imminent harmful or offensive contact. An assault is carried out by a threat of bodily harm coupled with an apparent, present ability...
Also in the bottom left of the page several parts of wikipedia pages related to the word Lay and, of course, Lay synonyms and on the right images related to the word Lay. Definition of Lay LayLay Lay, n. The laity; the common people. [Obs.] The learned have no more privilege ...
often punctuated by physical assaults, or credible threats of bodily harm; physical abuse by a 'significant other'–boy/girlfriend, lover, spouse at home Risk factors Partner abuse of substances, alcohol; intermittent employment, unemployment; less than high school education; perpetrator: former spou...
and watched the operations of the enemy. And thence he fled when he saw the walls on the shore below him carried by storm, andFlemishknights mounted on horses, which had been landed from the hostile fleet, advancing to assault his position. So hurried was his flight that he left his tent...
But also how, in 1967, at the ripe old age of twenty-five and in need of a vacation, he came by divine accident to Morocco and became suddenly and acutely aware of the olfactory dimension to life. Having been to Morocco, I can relate – Morocco is an all-out assault to the senses...
In well-furnished kitchens a copper beating-bowl is provided; it should not be tinned, as contact with this metal will blacken the eggs; for this reason, the whisk, if of iron wire, should not be new. An earthenware bowl with circular bottom, and sufficiently large to admit of a good ...