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Onslaught

An attack an onset esp a furious or murderous attack or assault...

To protect from danger to secure against surprise attack or injury to keep in safety to defend to shelter to shield from surprise or attack to protect by attendance to accompany for protection to care for...

defend

defend 1 : to drive danger or attack away from [using a weapon to oneself] 2 : to act as attorney for (a defendant) [appointed to the accused] 3 : to deny or oppose the rights of a plaintiff in regard to (a suit or claim) [intend to the case] vi 1 : to take action against attack or challenge [not justified in striking first, but may ] 2 : to present a defense [may not thereafter on grounds of insanity "W. R. LaFave and A. W. Scott, Jr."] ...

assault

assault [Old French assaut, literally, attack, ultimately from Latin assultus, from assilire to leap (on), attack] 1 : the crime or tort of threatening or attempting to inflict immediate offensive physical contact or bodily harm that one has the present ability to inflict and that puts the victim in fear of such harm or contact compare battery 2 : the crime of assault accompanied by battery ;specif : sexual assault in this entry called also assault and battery aggravated assault : a criminal assault accompanied by aggravating factors: as a : a criminal assault that is committed with an intent to cause or that causes serious bodily injury esp. through the use of a dangerous weapon b : a criminal assault accompanied by the intent to commit or the commission of a felony (as rape) compare simple assault in this entry assault with intent : a criminal assault committed with the intent to commit another specified crime [assault with intent to rob] [assault with intent to kill] civ...

Offensive and defensive league

Offensive and defensive league, means a league binding the parties not only to aid one another when attacked but also to support one another when attacking in offensive warfare, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 1110....

no no

Something improper unethical inadvisable or illegal as salt is a no no for someone after a heart attack...

Orgue

Any one of a number of long thick pieces of timber pointed and shod with iron and suspended each by a separate rope over a gateway to be let down in case of attack...

Oppugn

To fight against to attack to be in conflict with to oppose to resist...

Onset

A rushing or setting upon an attack an assault a storming especially the assault of an army...

Offensive

The state or posture of one who offends or makes attack aggressive attitude the act of the attacking party opposed to defensive...

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