verb
attack someone physically or emotionally
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- The mugger assaulted the woman
- Nightmares assailed him regularly
verb
launch an attack or assault on
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- 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
verb
attack in speech or writing
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- The editors of the left-leaning paper attacked the new House Speaker