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assail

as·sail [ ə sáyl ] (past and past participle as·sailed, present participle as·sail·ing, 3rd person present singular as·sails)


transitive verb 
Definition:
 
1. attack somebody: to attack somebody vigorously with words or actions
assailed by furious criticism

2. trouble or beset somebody: to overwhelm the mind or senses of somebody

[13th century. Via Old French asaill-, stem of asalir< assumed Vulgar Latin assalire "leap at" < Latin salire "leap"]

as·sail·a·ble adjective
as·sail·er noun
as·sail·ment noun
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