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assault

/əˈsɔlt/

A violent onset or attack with physical means, for example blows, weapons, etc.

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assay

/ˈæsi/

Trial, attempt.

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assemble

/əˈsɛmbəl/

To put together.

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assembly

/əˈsɛmb.li/

A set of pieces that work together in unison as a mechanism or device.

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assert

/əˈsɝt/

To declare with assurance or plainly and strongly; to state positively.

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assertion

/əˈsɜɹʃən/

The act of asserting; positive declaration or averment.

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assessment

/əˈsɛsmənt/

The act of assessing or an amount (of tax, levy or duty etc) assessed.

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assets

/ˈæˌsɛts/

plural of asset

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asshole

/æshoʊl/

The anus.

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assiduously

/əˈsɪdwəsli/

In an assiduous manner; diligently, industriously.

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assignee

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One to whom a thing is assigned.

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assignment

/əˈsaɪnmənt/

The act of assigning; the allocation of a job or a set of tasks.

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assistance

/əˈsɪstəns/

Aid; help; the act or result of assisting.

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associate

/əˈsoʊʃi.ət/

Joined with another or others and having lower status.

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association

/əˌsoʊsiˈeɪʃən/

The act of associating.

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assonance

/ˈæsənəns/

The repetition of similar or identical vowel sounds (though with different consonants), usually in literature or poetry.

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assuage

/əˈswɑʒ/

To lessen the intensity of, to mitigate or relieve (hunger, emotion, pain, etc.).

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assume

/əˈsum/

To authenticate by means of belief; to surmise; to suppose to be true, especially without proof.

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assurance

/əˈʃʊɹəns/

The act of assuring; a declaration intended to inspire full confidence; something designed to give confidence to someone.

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assyria

/əˈsɪɹiə/

An ancient Semitic Akkadian kingdom and at times an empire, extant from the mid-23rd century BCE to 608 BCE and centred on the Upper…

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astaghfirullah

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A short prayer of redemption; I seek forgiveness from Allah; God forgive me.

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astana

/æsˈtɑːnə/

The capital city of Kazakhstan.

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astarte

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A Semitic goddess of fertility, sexuality, and war, cognate in name, origin and function with the goddess Phoenician 𐤏𐤔𐤕𐤓𐤕 (ʿAš…

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asterisk

/ˈæstɚɪsk/

To mark or replace (text, etc.) with an asterisk symbol (*; noun sense 1.1); to star.

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asteroid

/ˈæstɚˌɔɪd/

A naturally occurring solid object, which is smaller than a planet and a dwarf planet, larger than a meteoroid and not a comet, that…

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asthma

/ˈæzmə/

A long-term respiratory condition, in which the airways may unexpectedly and suddenly narrow, often in response to an allergen, cold…

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astigmatism

/əˈstɪɡmətɪzm̩/

A defect of a lens such that light rays coming from a point do not meet at a focal point so that the image is blurred.

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astilbe

/əˈstɪˌbi/

Any species, subspecies, cultivar, or specimen of the genus Astilbe.

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Astrakhan'

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