assault

{
  "id": "MLC-T-DEF-000125",
  "term": "assault",
  "field": "Defense and military",
  "definition": "1. To make a short, violent, but well-ordered attack against a local objective, such as a gun emplacement, a fort, or a machine gun nest.\n\n2. A phase of an airborne operation beginning with delivery by air of the assault echelon of the force into the objective area and extending through attack of assault objectives and consolidation of the initial airhead.",
  "see_also": [
    "assault phase"
  ],
  "references": [
    "JP 3-18"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/defense/assault/"
}