assail
uh sayl
- v attack someone physically or emotionally
Nightmares assailed him regularly - v launch an attack or assault on; begin hostilities or start warfare with
Serbian forces assailed Bosnian towns all week - v attack in speech or writing
- Bill Clinton used Katrina to assail the Bush Administration for cronyism.
- Conservative activists would assail his views on gay marriage, the death penalty, gun control and taxes as typical New York City liberalism.
- And then, if Brazil doesn't demolish its opponent, their own fans assail them as mercenaries or playboys.