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- Assail - v. t. - To attack with violence, or in a vehement and hostile manner; to assault; to molest; as, to assail a man with blows; to assail a city with artillery.
- Assail - v. t. - To encounter or meet purposely with the view of mastering, as an obstacle, difficulty, or the like.
- Assail - v. t. - To attack morally, or with a view to produce changes in the feelings, character, conduct, existing usages, institutions; to attack by words, hostile influence, etc.; as, to assail one with appeals, arguments, abuse, ridicule, and the like.
- Assailable - a. - Capable of being assailed.
- Assailant - a. - Assailing; attacking.
- Assailant - n. - One who, or that which, assails, attacks, or assaults; an assailer.
- Assailed - imp. & p. p. - of Assail
- Assailer - n. - One who assails.
- Assailing - p. pr. & vb. n. - of Assail
- Assailment - n. - The act or power of assailing; attack; assault.
- Bepommel - v. t. - To pommel; to beat, as with a stick; figuratively, to assail or criticise in conversation, or in writing.
- Peal - v. t. - To assail with noise or loud sounds.
- Attack - v. t. - To assail with unfriendly speech or writing; to begin a controversy with; to attempt to overthrow or bring into disrepute, by criticism or satire; to censure; as, to attack a man, or his opinions, in a pamphlet.
- Pelt - v. t. - To strike with something thrown or driven; to assail with pellets or missiles, as, to pelt with stones; pelted with hail.
- Hoot - v. t. - To assail with contemptuous cries or shouts; to follow with derisive shouts.
- Jaw - v. t. - To assail or abuse by scolding.
- Scoff - v. t. - To treat or address with derision; to assail scornfully; to mock at.
- Assassinate - v. t. - To assail with murderous intent; hence, by extended meaning, to maltreat exceedingly.
- Battle - v. t. - To assail in battle; to fight.
- Assail - v. t. - To attack with violence, or in a vehement and hostile manner; to assault; to molest; as, to assail a man with blows; to assail a city with artillery.
- Armada - v. t. - A fleet of armed ships; a squadron. Specifically, the Spanish fleet which was sent to assail England, a. d. 1558.
- Assail - v. t. - To attack morally, or with a view to produce changes in the feelings, character, conduct, existing usages, institutions; to attack by words, hostile influence, etc.; as, to assail one with appeals, arguments, abuse, ridicule, and the like.
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