Assault and Defence

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Assault noun - The act of forcing a person to engage in sexual activity and especially intercourse.

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Defence is an antonym for assault in attack topic.

Nearby Words: assaulted, assaulting, assaulter

Defence noun - The act of defending someone or something against attack or injury.

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Assault is an antonym for defence.

physical	physical assault	physical defence
public	public assault	public defence
direct	direct assault	direct defence
initial	initial assault	initial defence
Other adjectives: actual, entire, successful, main, personal, major, desperate, military, last, earlier, magical, nuclear.

It's been suggested that this might be unique to deep-space vessels like the Ishimura as a way to give the crew some means of self-defence against Space Pirates without the legal complications of shipping out with a rack of assault rifles or something.

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