Asaltar in english
Assault
pronunciation: əsɔlt part of speech: noun
pronunciation: əsɔlt part of speech: noun
In gestures
asaltar = raid ; storm ; break into ; break in ; mug ; assail ; hold up ; rob ; set (up)on ; be done over ; mount + a raid.
Example: The article 'Raiding the World Bank' explains how the World Bank operates, shareholding, the initiation of loan proposals, and lending to education projects.Example: On October 6, 1976, an angry mob stormed the university to attack students who seemed to threaten the nation.Example: A honeypot is a decoy computer system designed to look like a legitimate system an intruder will want to break into while, unbeknownst to the intruder, they are being covertly observed.Example: The hacker broke in on the university dial-in lines through the library system.Example: In that time, she relates, she had been mugged at gunpoint, punched in the face, and harassed.Example: It's ridiculous to assail people who are making a code for abandoning all the principles which have been going strong for 100 years.Example: The film starts with two small-time thieves who spontaneously decide to hold up a restaurant.Example: After being robbed by three men at gunpoint, the victim chased after them and mowed down two of the robbers with his car as they attempted to escape.Example: The 53-year-old man had been sleeping rough in a churchyard when he was set upon by three men in a brutal attack which landed him in hospital.Example: He's lucky to be alive -- his shop was done over by a street gang = He's lucky to be alive -- his shop was done over by a street gang.Example: By the end of the war, they were bloodied, battered, and divided, but they were still able to mount raids and attacks against their enemies.more:
» asaltar a punta de pistola = hold up at + gunpoint .
Example: Someone told me that there was a 9 in 10 chance of getting shot if one is held up at gunpoint.» asaltar una diligencia = rob + a stagecoach .
Example: It ain't a western if you can't rob a stagecoach, rustle some cattle, or duel at high noon.» dudas + asaltar = doubts + assail .
Example: We're assailed by doubts, mortified by our own shortcomings, surrounded by freaks, testy over silly details.