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ATTAQUE VIOLENTE [9 records]

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Alphabetical list of terms

Record 1 2018-01-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • General Conduct of Military Operations
  • Land Forces
DEF

A short, violent, but well-ordered attack against a local objective, such as a gun emplacement, a fort or a machine-gun nest.

OBS

assault: designation and definition standardized by NATO.

OBS

assault; aslt: designations officially approved by the Department of National Defence and the Canadian Forces.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Conduite générale des opérations militaires
  • Forces terrestres
DEF

Attaque courte, violente et soigneusement organisée contre un objectif de faible dimension, par exemple un emplacement de pièce d’artillerie, un fort ou un nid de mitrailleuses.

OBS

assaut : désignation et définition normalisées par l’OTAN.

OBS

assaut; ast : désignations uniformisées par le ministère de la Défense nationale et les Forces canadiennes.

OBS

assaut; ast : désignations et définition uniformisées par le Comité de terminologie française du Conseil de doctrine et de tactique de l’Armée de terre.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Conducción general de las operaciones militares
  • Ejército de tierra
DEF

Ataque corto, violento y bien organizado contra un objetivo local, tal como el emplazamiento de un arma, un nido de ametralladoras, etc.

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Record 2 2017-11-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • Sea Operations (Military)
  • Combat Systems (Naval Forces)
  • Advanced Technology Weapons
CONT

One option is to perform a Harpoon-style pop-up and dive attack taking its 410-kilogram semi-armour-piercing warhead deep within the target's hull.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Opérations en mer (Militaire)
  • Systèmes de combat (Forces navales)
  • Armes de haute technicité
CONT

Après verrouillage de l'autodirecteur, le X-65SE redescend à faible hauteur et exécute pendant la phase finale d’attaque des manœuvres évasives en cap et en altitude, ressource violente suivie d’un piqué sur l'objectif comme le Harpoon pour que la charge de 410 kg puisse pénétrer profondément dans la coque avant d’exploser.

Spanish

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Record 3 2016-09-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Offences and crimes
  • Property Law (common law)

French

Domaine(s)
  • Infractions et crimes
  • Droit des biens et de la propriété (common law)
OBS

attaque violente : terme tiré du Mini-lexique sur les actes criminels concernant les biens et les droits de propriété et reproduit avec l'autorisation du Centre de ressources en français juridique de l'Université de Saint-Boniface.

Spanish

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Record 4 2015-12-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Offences and crimes
  • Law of the Sea
DEF

[A violent attack] of theft involving serious injury or murder by well-organized gangs, who are usually heavily armed and working from a "mother" ship.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Infractions et crimes
  • Droit de la mer
DEF

[Attaque violente et vol] impliquant de sérieuses blessures ou des meurtres par des gangs bien organisés, habituellement lourdement armés et travaillant pour un bateau «mère».

CONT

Le vol et agression à main armée de degré intermédiaire correspond au pillage et au vol d’un bateau, avec ou sans détournement.

Spanish

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Record 5 2013-07-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Penal Law
  • Offences and crimes
  • Social Problems
CONT

According to a British study of wife abuse, more than three-quarters of the women surveyed reported that physical assaults were usually not preceded by verbal arguments.

OBS

assault: A violent physical or verbal assault.

OBS

The word "assault" has a legal connotation. The term "physical assault" is used when talking of a single attack. Not to be confused with "physical abuse" and "physical violence".

French

Domaine(s)
  • Droit pénal
  • Infractions et crimes
  • Problèmes sociaux
OBS

agression :Attaque violente et soudaine contre une personne. Une agression est le plus souvent physique, mais elle peut aussi être verbale.

Spanish

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Record 6 2011-01-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Social Problems
  • Social Psychology
OBS

cycle of battering: a three-stage cycle ... that includes a period of building tension, the battering episode itself, and then a "honeymoon" phase, during [which] the man tries to make up with the woman, showers her with affection, and acts repentant (and may sincerely feel that way).

OBS

Preliminary data obtained on battered women indicate the existence of a cycle of battering behavior, which is repeated over a period of time. The cycle appears to have 3 phases that vary in time and intensity: (a) the tension building phase, (b) the explosion or acute battering incident, and (c) the calm, loving respite ...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Problèmes sociaux
  • Psychologie sociale
OBS

agression :attaque violente contre une personne.

Key term(s)
  • période d’agression
  • stade d’agression

Spanish

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Record 7 2010-11-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Human Behaviour
  • General Vocabulary
DEF

A violent onset upon a person, specifically, a sudden, vicious attack which inflicts great or unrepairable damage.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Comportement humain
  • Vocabulaire général
DEF

Attaque violente contre quelqu'un, spécifiquement, l'acte premier qui est la cause du conflit.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Comportamiento humano
  • Vocabulario general
DEF

Acometimiento repentino y por sorpresa contra una persona.

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Record 8 2008-12-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Offences and crimes
  • Social Problems
CONT

Throughout the world, women are at risk in their homes, in the streets, and in some countries, at the hands of the state. Women who suffer violence - be they battered, sexually assaulted, harassed or tortured - usually have little recourse.

OBS

Whereas the adjectival phrase "sexually abused" is almost always reserved for children, "sexually assaulted" is applied to adult victims.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Infractions et crimes
  • Problèmes sociaux
DEF

Se dit d’une personne qui a subi une attaque violente de nature sexuelle.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Infracciones y crímenes
  • Problemas sociales
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Record 9 2006-02-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Criminology
  • Social Problems
CONT

Researchers in the area of abuse agree that people with disabilities are twice as likely to be physically and sexually assaulted as people who are not disabled.

Key term(s)
  • physically assaulted

French

Domaine(s)
  • Criminologie
  • Problèmes sociaux
OBS

victime d’agression : Qui a subi une attaque violente contre sa personne.

Key term(s)
  • victime d’agression
  • être victime d’agression physique

Spanish

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