The Clue
Head-on charge (7 letter answer)
The Answer
ASSAULT
Tags
Notes
The answer ASSAULT is seen occasionally, appearing about once every 650 puzzles.
Related Clues
Attack
Blitzkrieg
Invasion
Jump
Onset
Onslaught
Battery's Partner
Blitzkrieg, e.g.
Have at
Military offensive
Offensive action
Battery's partner-in-crime
Delta team work
Derby winner, 1946
U.S.A. Last!: 1946
It often comes with a battery
Triple Crown winner: 1946
Violent winner of 1946 Derby?
Definition
ASSAULT as a noun:
1. close fighting during the culmination of a military attack
2. a threatened or attempted physical attack by someone who appears to be able to cause bodily harm if not stopped
3. thoroughbred that won the triple crown in 1946
4. (rape, violation, assault, ravishment) = the crime of forcing a woman to submit to sexual intercourse against her will
ASSAULT as a verb:
1. (assail, assault, set on, attack) = attack someone physically or emotionally; "The mugger assaulted the woman"; "Nightmares assailed him regularly"
2. (rape, ravish, violate, assault, dishonor, dishonour, outrage) = force (someone) to have sex against their will; "The woman was raped on her way home at night"
3. (attack, round, assail, lash out, snipe, assault) = attack in speech or writing; "The editors of the left-leaning paper attacked the new House Speaker"