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| VERB | 1 | assail, assault, set on, attack | Attack someone physically or emotionally |
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| 2 | assail, attack | Launch an attack or assault on | |
| 3 | assail, attack, round, lash out, snipe, assault | Attack in speech or writing |
| Sounds | ahsey'l |
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| Rhymes | ail, Airedale, airmail, and 90 more rhymes in eyl... |
| Meaning | Attack someone physically or emotionally. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s somebody |
| Examples | "Nightmares assailed him regularly" |
| Synonyms | assault, set on, attack |
| Narrower | bait; sic, set; bulldog; rush; blindside; savage; reassail; jump; beset, set upon; rape, ravish, violate, assault, dishonor, dishonour, outrage; desecrate, profane, outrage, violate; molest |
| Entailed by | hold up, stick up |
| Nouns | assailant |
| Meaning | Launch an attack or assault on. Begin hostilities or start warfare with. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody |
| Examples | "Serbian forces assailed Bosnian towns all week" |
| Synonyms | attack |
| Contrary | defend |
| Similar to | attack, aggress |
| Broader | contend, fight, struggle |
| Narrower | submarine; pepper, pelt; strike, hit; counterattack, counterstrike; gas; storm, surprise; blitz; invade, occupy; besiege, beleaguer, surround, hem in, circumvent; bombard, bomb; strafe; cannonade; torpedo; raid, bust |
| Adjectives | assailable; assailable |
| Nouns | assailant |
| Meaning | Attack in speech or writing. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s somebody; Something ----s something |
| Synonyms | attack, round, lash out, snipe, assault |
| Broader | knock, criticize, criticise, pick apart |
| Narrower | abuse, clapperclaw, blackguard, shout; claw; vitriol; rip; whang; bombard, barrage; blister, scald, whip; rubbish |
| Nouns | assailant |
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