Assault is a type of "intentional tort."

A "tort" is a civil offense whereas 'assault" is a criminal offense, the two are not compatible.

no

This is the tort of assault.

Because assault requires intent, it is considered an intentional tort. Tort law specifically state a tort must contain: (a) "the party acts intending to cause a harmful or offensive contact with the person of the other or a third person, or an imminent apprehension of such a contact, and (b) the other is thereby put in such imminent apprehension."