Related Words for assault and battery

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WordSyllablesCategories
assault
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Noun, Verb
battery
/xx
Verb, Noun
sexual assault
/xxx/
Phrase, Noun
aggravated assault
/xxxx/
Phrase, Noun
indecent assault
x/xx/
Phrase, Noun
attack
x/
Noun
crime of passion
///x
Phrase, Noun
battered woman syndrome
/x/x/x
Phrase, Noun
insult
x/
Noun
force
/
Noun
robbery
/xx
Noun
sexual abuse
/xxx/
Phrase, Noun
home invasion
/x/x
Phrase, Noun
armed robbery
//xx
Name, Name
accusation
xx/x
Noun
lesser included offense
/x//xx/
Phrase, Noun
charge
/
Noun
heat of passion
///x
Phrase, Noun
concussion
x/x
Noun
offense
x/
Noun
attempt
x/
Noun
assault weapon
x//x
Phrase, Noun
crime
/
Noun
arrest
x/
Noun
assault rifle
x//x
Phrase, Noun
indictment
x/x
Noun
breach
/
Noun
coercion
x/x
Noun
trouble
/x
Noun
arraignment
x/x
Noun
violence
/xx
Noun
malice
/x
Noun
breach of the peace
//x/
Phrase, Noun
aggression
x/x
Noun
combat
/x
Noun
terrorism
/xxx
Noun
brutality
x/xx
Noun
mischief
/x
Noun
mugging
/x
Noun
compulsion
x/x
Noun
crime against humanity
/x/x/xx
Phrase, Noun
fight
/
Noun
perpetration
/x/x
Noun
retaliation
xxx/x
Noun
reckless endangerment
/xx/xx
Phrase, Noun
felony
/xx
Noun
domestic violence
x/x/xx
Phrase, Noun
mayhem
/x
Noun
breaking and entering
/x//xx
Phrase, Noun
threat
/
Noun
stabbing
/x
Noun
defense
x/
Noun
vice
/
Noun
bullying
/xx
Noun
battering
/xx
Noun
art and part
///
Phrase, Noun
violation
xx/x
Noun
complaint
x/
Noun
crime against nature
/x//x
Phrase, Noun
bloodbath
/x
Noun
manslaughter
/xx
Noun
trespass on the case
/x/x/
Phrase, Noun
swarming
/x
Verb
trespass
/x
Noun
wound
/
Noun
infraction
x/x
Noun
trauma
/x
Noun
offensive
x/x
Noun
outrage
/x
Noun
battle
/x
Noun
hate crime
//
Phrase, Noun
brawl
/
Noun
sentence
/x
Noun
fraud
/
Noun
endangerment
x/xx
Noun
gauntlet
/x
Noun
weapon
/x
Noun
road rage
//
Phrase, Noun
solicitation
xxx/x
Noun
lying in wait
/xx/
Phrase, Noun
stalking
/x
Noun
injury
/xx
Noun
kidnapping
/xx
Noun
domestic
x/x
Adjective
corpus delicti
/xx/x
Phrase, Noun
malice in fact
/xx/
Phrase, Noun
accusing
x/x
Verb
misdemeanor
xx/x
Noun
caution
/x
Noun
penalty
/xx
Noun
intent
x/
Noun
menacing
/xx
Adjective
guilty
/x
Adjective
duty to retreat
/x/x/
Phrase, Noun
count
/
Noun
banditry
/xx
Noun
conflict
/x
Noun
duress
/x
Noun
excuse
x/
Noun
attribution
xx/x
Noun
strike
/
Noun
acquittal
x/x
Noun
grab
/
Noun
punishment
/xx
Noun
malice aforethought
/xx/x
Phrase, Noun
corporal punishment
/xx/xx
Phrase, Noun
life sentence
//x
Phrase, Noun
entrapment
x/x
Noun
gunpoint
/x
Noun
takedown
/x
Noun
aa
/x
Name, Adjective, Verb
abuse
x/
Noun, Verb
accumulator
x/xxx
Noun
achievement
x/x
Noun
acid
/x
Noun, Adjective
affront
x/
Noun, Verb
aggravated
/xxx
Adjective
aggressor
x/x
Noun
alternator
/xxx
Noun
ambush
/x
Noun, Verb
amphibious
x/xx
Adjective
antiaircraft
xx/x
Noun, Adjective
antitank
xx/
Adjective
armament
/xx
Noun
armed
/
Adjective
array
x/
Noun, Verb
arsenal
/xx
Noun
artillery
x/xx
Noun
assail
x/
Verb
attain
x/
Verb
autonomy
x/xx
Noun
axle
/x
Noun
bad
/
Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb
bait
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
ballast
/x
Noun, Verb
bang
/
Noun, Verb, Adverb
barrage
x/
Noun, Verb
batt
/
Noun
beat
/
Verb, Noun, Adjective
beset
x/
Verb
blackguard
/x
Noun, Verb
blast
/
Noun, Verb
blister
/x
Noun, Verb
blitz
/
Noun, Verb
blow
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
blower
/x
Noun
boiler
/x
Noun
bombardment
x/x
Noun
bombing
/x
Noun
box
/
Noun, Verb
broadside
/x
Noun, Adverb, Verb
bulldog
/x
Noun, Verb
burglary
/xx
Noun
burner
/x
Noun
cable
/x
Noun, Verb
canteen
x/
Noun
car
/
Noun
cartridge
/x
Noun
cavalry
/xx
Noun
cell
/
Noun, Verb
clash
/
Noun, Verb
claw
/
Noun, Verb
combatant
x/x
Noun, Adjective
commando
x/x
Noun
commotion
x/x
Noun
compressor
x/x
Noun
condenser
x/x
Noun
conditioning
x/xx
Noun
confrontation
xx/x
Noun
counterattack
/xxx
Noun, Verb
counteroffensive
xxx/x
Noun, Adjective
coups
/
Noun
crackdown
/x
Noun
criminal
/xx
Adjective, Noun
date rape
//
Phrase, Noun
dead
/
Adjective, Noun, Adverb, Verb
devised
x/
Verb
dishonor
x/x
Noun, Verb
disturbance
x/x
Noun
division
x/x
Noun
dozen
/x
Noun
drum
/
Noun, Verb
drummer
/x
Noun
electric
x/x
Adjective, Name
electricity
xx/xx
Noun
electrode
x/x
Noun
electrolytic
xxx/x
Adjective, Noun
encroachment
x/x
Noun
enemy
/xx
Noun, Verb
energy
/xx
Noun
firefight
/x
Noun, Verb
flashlight
/x
Noun, Verb
flotilla
x/x
Noun
fortress
/x
Noun, Verb
fuel
/x
Noun, Verb
fuss
/
Noun, Verb
gale
/
Noun, Verb
galvanic
x/x
Adjective
game
/
Noun, Adjective, Verb
gear
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
gun
/
Noun, Verb
harassment
x/x
Noun
harm
/
Noun, Verb
heads
/
Noun
heap
/
Noun, Verb, Adverb
heart
/
Noun, Verb
hit
/
Verb, Noun, Adjective
hurt
/
Verb, Noun, Adjective
incident
/xx
Noun, Adjective
incursion
x/x
Noun
infringement
x/x
Noun
integrated
/xxx
Adjective
invasion
x/x
Noun
jump
/
Verb, Noun, Adverb, Adjective
kill
/
Verb, Noun
lash out
//
Phrase, Verb
lithium
/xx
Noun
locomotive
xx/x
Noun, Adjective
machinery
x/xx
Noun
mechanism
/xxx
Noun
modesty
/xx
Noun
molest
x/
Verb
mugger
/x
Noun
multitude
/xx
Noun
nisei
x/
Name
onslaught
/x
Noun
operated
/xxx
Adjective
ordnance
/x
Noun
outburst
/x
Noun, Verb
overdrive
/xx
Noun, Verb
package
/x
Noun, Verb
paramilitary
xx/xxx
Adjective, Noun
pestle
/x
Noun, Verb
photovoltaic
xxx/x
Adjective
pier
/
Noun
pile
/
Noun, Verb
platoon
x/
Noun, Verb
plug
/
Noun, Verb
pole
/
Noun, Verb
power
/x
Noun, Verb, Adjective
profane
x/
Noun, Adjective, Verb
radio
/xx
Noun, Verb
raft
/
Noun, Verb
ragtag
/x
Noun, Adjective
raid
/
Noun, Verb
range
/
Noun, Verb
rape
/
Noun, Verb, Adverb
ravish
/x
Verb
reactor
x/x
Noun
recharging
x/x
Noun
recon
/x
Noun, Verb
rectifier
/xxx
Noun
rifle
/x
Noun, Verb