Muggers assailed them as they entered an alley.
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Assail
//əˈseɪl//
Synonyms for "assail" (95 found)
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2 entriesTranslations
39 translations across 23 languages.
Bulgarian
2 entries- нападам verb (to attack violently)
- нахвърлям се verb (to attack violently)
Campidanese Sardinian
3 entries- carrabusai verb (to attack violently)
- carraxai verb (to attack violently)
- imbistiri verb (to attack violently)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 攻擊 /攻击 verb (to attack violently)
Czech
3 entries- napadat verb (to attack violently)
- napadnout verb (to attack violently)
- zaútočit verb (to attack violently)
Finnish
1 entries- käydä kimppuun verb (to attack violently)
French
1 entries- assaillir verb (to attack violently)
Galician
2 entries- asaltar verb (to attack violently)
- atacar verb (to attack violently)
Gallurese
2 entries- gjumpì verb (to attack violently)
- imbistì verb (to attack violently)
German
1 entries- angreifen verb (to attack violently)
Hungarian
2 entries- megrohan verb (to attack violently)
- megtámad verb (to attack violently)
Italian
1 entries- assalire verb (to attack violently)
Japanese
1 entries- 襲撃する verb (to attack violently)
Kazakh
2 entries- тиісу verb (to attack violently)
- шүйілу verb (to attack violently)
Latin
2 entries- incessō verb (to attack violently)
- īnstō verb (to attack violently)
Māori
3 entries- auta verb (to attack violently)
- uruhi verb (to attack violently)
- whakatorotoro verb (to attack violently)
Norman
1 entries- assailli verb (to attack violently)
Occitan
1 entries- assalir verb (to attack violently)
Portuguese
1 entries- investir verb (to attack violently)
Russian
2 entries- напа́сть verb (to attack violently)
- напада́ть verb (to attack violently)
Sardinian
1 entries- appiliare verb (to attack violently)
Sassarese
1 entries- assarí verb (to attack violently)
Spanish
3 entries- asaltar verb (to attack violently)
- atacar verb (to attack violently)
- aturdir verb (to attack violently)
Turkish
2 entries- saldırmak verb (to attack violently)
- taarruz etmek verb (to attack violently)
Sample sentences
7 total sentences available.
Our ears were assailed by her joyous efforts on her new saxophone.
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With greedy force he gan the fort assayle, / Whereof he weend possesse soone to bee, / And win rich spoile of ransackt chastitee.
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[L]et us once again assail your ears, / That are so fortified against our story, / What we two nights have seen.
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