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assail

verb

1 assail

Attack someone physically or emotionally:
— Nightmares assailed him regularly.

synonyms: assault, attack, set on.

Roget 716: attack, assault, assail; invade; set upon, fall upon; charge, impugn, break a lance with, enter the lists.    assume the offensive, take the offensive; be the aggressor, become the aggressor; ... show more

Roget 830: cause pain, occasion pain, give pain, bring pain, induce pain, produce pain, create pain, inflict pain etc. 828; pain, hurt, wound.    pinch, ... show more

Roget 934: detract, derogate, decry, deprecate, depreciate, disparage; run down, cry down; backcap [U.S.]; belittle; sneer at etc. (contempt) 930; ... show more

Dutch: attaque, aanval, aanvallen, attaqueren, molesteren, storten

2 assail

Launch an attack or assault on; begin hostilities or start warfare with:
— Serbian forces assailed Bosnian towns all week.

synonym: attack.

3 assail

Attack in speech or writing.

synonyms: assault, attack, lash out, round, snipe.

Dutch: aanvallen


Moby thesaurus: ambush, assault, attack, blister, blitz, bushwhack, castigate, censure, come at, come down on, crack down on, criminate, cry out against, cry out on, cry shame upon, descend on, descend upon, excoriate, fall on, fall upon ... show more.

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