[{"Bold_text": "noun", "List Items": ["a sudden, violent attack; onslaught:an assault on tradition.Synonyms: aggression , invasion , charge , onset", "Law.an unlawful physical attack upon another; an attempt or offer to do violence to another, with or without battery, as by holding a stone or club in a threatening manner.", "Military.the stage of close combat in an attack.", "rape1 ."]}, {"Bold_text": "verb (used with object)", "List Items": ["to make an assault upon; attack; assail."]}]