Definitions for assail

assail as·sail

Spelling: [uh-seyl]
IPA: /əˈseɪl/

Assail is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 6 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 7 points.

You can make 74 anagrams from letters in assail (aailss).

Definitions for assail

verb (used with object)

  1. to attack vigorously or violently; assault.
  2. to attack with arguments, criticism, ridicule, abuse, etc.:
  3. to undertake with the purpose of mastering:
  4. to impinge upon; make an impact on; beset:

Origin of assail

1175-1225; Middle English asaylen Old French asalir Late Latin assalīre, equivalent to Latin as- as- + salīre to leap, spring

Examples for assail

Days later, Al Gore suddenly surfaced after months of silence to assail President Obama for his failure to lead on climate change.

The partizans of abolition could assail the system at its foundation.

If you assail me by the brain, I may attack you at the heart!

What temptations would not assail her,—by what flatteries would she not be beset!

Besides, the real intention was not to assail you, but the people here who admitted you.'

At the turret we could assail Hahn, and replace him with Snap.

Politics seems to assail Carvalho, forcing him to take up former cudgels and defend his corner.

The only group that it was okay to assail, she says, was liberals.

The crew were enjoined to assail him with insulting mockery.

The darts of calamity may assail her on every side, but she is invulnerable to them all.

Word Value for assail
Scrable

6

Words with friends

7

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