Definition of assail

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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..

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Battle :: Battle (v. t.) To assail in battle; to fight.
Attack :: Attack (v. t.) To fall upon with force; to assail, as with force and arms; to assault..
Offend :: Offend (v. t.) To strike against; to attack; to assail.
Invader :: Invader (n.) One who invades; an assailant; an encroacher; an intruder.
Repel :: Repel (v. t.) To drive back; to force to return; to check the advance of; to repulse as, to repel an enemy or an assailant..
Assailment :: Assailment (n.) The act or power of assailing; attack; assault.
Attack :: 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..
Wassail :: Wassail (v. i.) To hold a wassail; to carouse.
Assailant :: Assailant (a.) Assailing; attacking.
Armada :: Armada (v. t.) A fleet of armed ships; a squadron. Specifically, the Spanish fleet which was sent to assail England, a. d. 1558..
Hoot :: Hoot (v. t.) To assail with contemptuous cries or shouts; to follow with derisive shouts.
Assailer :: Assailer (n.) One who assails.
Pelt :: Pelt (v. t.) To strike with something thrown or driven; to assail with pellets or missiles, as, to pelt with stones; pelted with hail..
Aggressor :: Aggressor (n.) The person who first attacks or makes an aggression; he who begins hostility or a quarrel; an assailant.
Offensive :: Offensive (a.) Making the first attack; assailant; aggressive; hence, used in attacking; -- opposed to defensive; as, an offensive war; offensive weapons..
Assail :: Assail (v. t.) To encounter or meet purposely with the view of mastering, as an obstacle, difficulty, or the like..
Bepommel :: Bepommel (v. t.) To pommel; to beat, as with a stick; figuratively, to assail or criticise in conversation, or in writing..
Assailing :: Assailing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Assai.
Wassailer :: Wassailer (n.) One who drinks wassail; one who engages in festivity, especially in drinking; a reveler..
Tenable :: Tenable (a.) Capable of being held, naintained, or defended, as against an assailant or objector, or againts attempts to take or process; as, a tenable fortress, a tenable argument..
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