Assault and Offence

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

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Offence is a synonym for assault. In some cases you can use "Offence" instead a noun "Assault".

Nearby Words: assaulted, assaulting, assaulter

Offence noun - A lack of politeness; a failure to show regard for others; wounding the feelings or others.

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Assault is a synonym for offence in attack topic. You can use "Assault" instead a noun "Offence".

Nearby Words: offensive, offend, offender, offensively

physical	physical assault	physical offence
original	original assault	original offence
blatant	blatant assault	blatant offence
actual	actual assault	actual offence
Other adjectives: massive, big, serious, main, sexual, criminal, personal, major, outright, aerial, overwhelming, all-out, magical, incoming.

While the referee Madam Hooch winds up screaming virtually non-stop at the Slytherin team and awarding Gryffindor half a dozen penalty shots, we don't know what kind of offence would result in someone being sent off and not even the Slytherin team ever outright assault an opponent.

Source: Unnecessary Roughness

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Offence and Assault. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 14, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/assault/offence

Assault & Offence. N.p., 2016. Web. 14 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/assault/offence>.

Offence or Assault. 2016. Accessed August 14, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/assault/offence.

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