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Search phrase: assault

Plays

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PlayKey LineModern TextOriginal Text
All's Well That Ends WellAW I.iii.111poor knight surprised without rescue in the first assaultpoore knight surprisd without rescue in the first assault
All's Well That Ends WellAW IV.ii.51.1against your vain assaultagainst your vaine assault
CoriolanusCor IV.v.175ay and for an assault tooi and for an assault too
CoriolanusCor V.iii.123march to assault thy country than to tread &ndash march to assault thy country then to treade
CymbelineCym I.v.159for your ill opinion and th assault you havefor your ill opinion and th assault you haue
CymbelineCym I.vii.150of thy assault if he shall think it fitof thy assault if he shall thinke it fit
HamletHam II.i.35.1of general assaultof generall assault
Henry VI Part 11H6 I.iv.13they may vex us with shot or with assaultthey may vex vs with shot or with assault
Henry VI Part 11H6 II.i.38arm arm the enemy doth make assaultarme arme the enemy doth make assault
Henry VI Part 11H6 IV.i.24in which assault we lost twelve hundred menin which assault we lost twelue hundred men
King Edward IIIE3 V.i.5soldiers assault i will no longer staysouldiers assault i will no longer stay
King JohnKJ II.i.408let it be so say where will you assaultlet it be so say where will you assault
MacbethMac I.ii.33.1began a fresh assaultbegan a fresh assault
Measure for MeasureMM III.i.186the assault that angelo hath made to you fortunethe assault that angelo hath made to you fortune
OthelloOth V.ii.256or naked as i am i will assault theeor naked as i am i will assault thee
Richard IIR2 V.v.105how now what means death in this rude assaulthow now what meanes death in this rude assalt
Troilus and CressidaTC III.i.40 assault upon him for my business seethes assault vpon him for my businesse seethes

Poems

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PlayKey LineModern TextOriginal Text
The Rape of LucreceLuc.835 from me by strong assault it is bereft from me by strong assault it is bereft

Glossary

 14 result(s).
affront assault attack onslaught
alarm alarumattack assault
assailattack assault address
assaultattack temptation snare
assay assault attack incursion
attemptattack assault
battery assault bombardment blitz
encounterskirmish assault engagement
enforcedviolating shown in an assault
extent assault attack onslaught
onsetattack assault
pushattack assault thrust
strokeblow attack assault
venue[fencing] sword-thrust assault thrust

Thesaurus

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assaultaffront
assaultalarm alarum
assaultassail
assaultassay
assaultattempt
assaultbattery
assaultencounter
assaultextent
assaultonset
assaultpush
assaultstroke
assault [in fencing]venue
assault shown in an enforced
shown in an assaultenforced

Themes and Topics

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Words Families

 2 result(s).
Word FamilyWord Family GroupWords
assaultBASIC assault n, assault v

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