assault-n; 5 Senses

Sense Number 1: a close_in military combat

Commentary: ASSAULT[+event][+combat][+military][+close_in]

Examples:
The assault of the city involved a lot of hand-to-hand combat.
It will require a bloody assault to take such a castle.
The commando's assault of the facility occurred under cover of darkness.

Mappings:
PropBank: assault.01
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 1

Sense Number 2: a personal physical attack

Commentary: ASSAULT[+event][+attack][+physical][+personal]

Examples:
The man is serving a sentence for assault of a film director.
The police record notes a decrease in sexual assaults this past year.
It's his third time in court facing charges of assault.

Mappings:
PropBank: assualt.01
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 2, 3

Sense Number 3: intense verbal criticism

Commentary: ASSAULT[+event][+attack][+speech_act][+criticism][+intense]

Examples:
It was an unabashed assault on the party's socialist-leaning tax policies.
The film star has rightfully claimed that such assaults on her character constitute libel.

Mappings:
PropBank: NM
WordNet 0.0 Sense Numbers: 1c

Sense Number 4: a concerted attempt to achieve a goal

Commentary: ASSAULT[+activity][+attempt][+concerted][+to_reach][+goal]

Examples:
The climbers attempted a late spring assault of Mt. Everest.
The book describes her assaults on the glass-ceiling of corporate culture during the 1960s.

Mappings:
PropBank: assualt.01
WordNet 0.0 Sense Numbers: 2

Sense Number 5: none of the above

Commentary: Automatically generated NOTA sense (bbn)

Examples:

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