meaning of assail
1. To attack with violence, or in a vehement and hostile manner; to assault; to molest; as, to assail a man with blows; to assail a city with artillery.
2. To encounter or meet purposely with the view of mastering, as an obstacle, difficulty, or the like.
3. To attack morally, or with a view to produce changes in the feelings, character, conduct, existing usages, institutions; to attack by words, hostile influence, etc. ; as, to assail one with appeals, arguments, abuse, ridicule, and the like.
4. attack in speech or writing; "The editors of the left-leaning paper attacked the new House
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