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Meanings of assail in English

Portuguese
atacar
Spanish
atacar
Catalan
atacar

Attack in speech or writing.

    atacar
    Usage of assail in English
    1
    Yet no schism will assail the general order of the body politic.
    Foundations of World Unity
    2
    Critics say his reasoning is flawed and assail the ban as discriminatory.
    Reuters
    3
    When you assail my honor, you touch me in a tender place.
    The Yacht Club; or, The Young Boat-Builder
    4
    Live here and repent; nobody will assail you, nobody will torment you.
    Lady Audley's Secret
    5
    These thoughts, with a fine headache, assail you in the morning watches.
    The Virginians
    6
    It was a retreat for the unfortunate, which no one dared assail.
    Beacon Lights of History, Volume 3 part 1: The Middle Ages
    7
    There could be no doubt that the savages would fiercely assail them.
    The Adventures of the Chevalier De La Salle and His Companions, ...
    8
    None of the wooers shall assail thee, for I will stand guard.
    Odysseus, the Hero of Ithaca / Adapted from the Third Book of th...
    9
    At the turret we could assail Hahn, and replace him with Snap.
    Brigands of the Moon
    10
    He scarcely dared confess to himself what fears began to assail him.
    Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Vol. 12...
    11
    Six well-armed, well-equipped Portuguese galleons sailed out of Macao to assail him.
    History of the United Netherlands from the Death of William the ...
    12
    Instead, those who sought to assail Carris had one of three options.
    Brotherhood of the Wolf
    13
    Longstreet was sent around Hancock's left to turn and assail his flank.
    The Southerner: A Romance of the Real Lincoln
    14
    What right has the villain to assail me or stop my passage?
    The World's Greatest Books — Volume 07 — Fiction
    15
    With your love shall ye assail him who inspireth you with fear!
    Thus Spake Zarathustra: A Book for All and None
    16
    Mr Rittenhouse appears to shoot a man who tries to assail him.
    BBC
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    Translations for assail
    Assail through the time
    Assail across language varieties
    United Kingdom
    Common
    United States of America
    Less common