Assail Synonyms and Antonyms

ə-sāl
To set upon with violent force
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. attack
  2. assault
  3. beset
  4. aggress
  5. fall on
  6. go at
  7. have at
  8. sail into
  9. storm
  10. strike
  11. plague
  12. light into
  13. pitch into
  14. set-on
To attack with harsh, often insulting language
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. abuse
  2. rail against
  3. revile
  4. vituperate
To attack verbally, as with ridicule or censure.
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. attack

Words Related to Assail

Related words are words that are directly connected to each other through their meaning, even if they are not synonyms or antonyms. This connection may be general or specific, or the words may appear frequently together.

Assail Sentence Examples

  • To transgress these limits is to assail faith" (Dogmatik, p. 348).

  • Other members of the defense bar would surely look closely if their clients were apprehended because of unverifiable tips and assail the source, if they could locate it.

  • Deliver me from the temptations which continually assail me.

  • The orthodox Conservatives and some democrats who were jealous of his influence, while afraid to beard the great statesman himself, combined to assail his nearest friends.

  • The dragoons did not assail the right wing till the retreat had commenced.

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