assail

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verb

1. attack someone physically or emotionally (Freq. 6)
- The mugger assaulted the woman
- Nightmares assailed him regularly
• Syn:
assault, set on, attack
• Derivationally related forms:
attack (for: attack), attacker (for: attack), assaultive (for: assault), assault (for: assault), assaulter (for: assault), assailant
• Hyponyms:
bait, sic, set, bulldog, rush,
blindside, savage, reassail, jump, beset, set upon,
rape, ravish, violate, assault, dishonor, dishonour,
outrage, desecrate, profane, molest
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Somebody ----s somebody
- Something ----s somebody
2. launch an attack or assault on;
begin hostilities or start warfare with
- Hitler attacked Poland on September 1, 1939 and started World War II
- Serbian forces assailed Bosnian towns all week
• Syn:
attack
• Ant:
defend (for: attack)
• Derivationally related forms:
assailable, assailant, attack (for: attack), attacker (for: attack)
• Hypernyms:
contend, fight, struggle
• Hyponyms:
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
• Verb Group:
attack, aggress
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Somebody ----s somebody
3. attack in speech or writing
- The editors of the left-leaning paper attacked the new House Speaker
• Syn:
attack, round, lash out, snipe, assault
• Derivationally related forms:
assaultive (for: assault), assaulter (for: assault), assailant, attack (for: attack), attacker (for: attack)
• Hypernyms:
knock, criticize, criticise, pick apart
• Hyponyms:
abuse, clapperclaw, blackguard, shout, claw,
vitriol, rip, whang, bombard, barrage, blister,
scald, whip, rubbish
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Somebody ----s somebody
- Something ----s somebody
- Something ----s something
- Somebody ----s PP (for: snipe)
- Somebody ----s PP (for: lash out)
- Somebody ----s PP (for: round)

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  attack, round, lash out, snipe, assault, set on