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- pronunciation:
seIl
- features:
- Word Combinations (verb)
| part of speech: |
transitive verb |
| inflections: |
assails, assailing, assailed |
| definition: |
to attack with vigor or violence; assault.
Loud music assailed our ears.She was assailed by a gang of ruffians.- synonyms:
- assault, attack, descend upon
- similar words:
- abuse, accost, berate, beset, besiege, bombard, charge, harass, harry, importune, pelt, pitch into, raid, reproach, revile, rip into, rush, storm, vituperate
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| related words: |
assassinate, assault, blackguard, insult, mob, waylay |
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| derivations: |
assailable (adj.), assailer (n.), assailment (n.) |
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