assail
(verb)
verb
1. attack someone physically or emotionally
- Nightmares assailed him regularly
Similar word(s): assault, attack
Definition categories: competition
2. launch an attack or assault on; begin hostilities or start warfare with
- Serbian forces assailed Bosnian towns all week
Similar word(s): attack
Definition categories: competition, contend, fight, struggle
3. attack in speech or writing
Similar word(s): assault, attack, round, snipe
Definition categories: communication, criticise, criticize, knock
Sentences with assail as a verb:
- Muggers assailed them as they entered an alley.
- For the next six months or so those children will assail her in public with demands for an improper story! (from H.H. Munro's short story, "The Storyteller").