Assaulted (8)
I believe the answer is:
attacked
'assaulted' is the definition.
('attack' can be a synonym of 'assault')
This is the entire clue.
(Other definitions for attacked that I've seen before include "Roasted" , "Launched an assault" , "was trying to score" , "Assailed, set upon" , "Assailed, assaulted" .)