You know what it looks like… but what is it called?
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assailed; assailing; assails
1
: to attack violently : assault
The military has for years been developing offensive capabilities, giving it the power not just to defend the US but to assail its foes.—
James Bamford
2
: to encounter, undertake, or confront energetically
When a lazy man does make up his mind to assail a piece of work, he is like a dog with a bone.—
P. G. Wodehouse
3
: to oppose, challenge, or criticize harshly and forcefully
a proposal assailed by critics
… it is evident that Khrushchev was in trouble at home. The Chinese had also begun to assail him for being soft on the imperialists.—
Alexander Darlin
4
a
: to trouble or afflict in a manner that threatens to overwhelm
a man assailed by doubts/fears
… but now a terrible fear began to assail me.—
Bram Stoker
Many diseases stemming from bacterial, fungal and parasitic infections can assail human as well as canine systems.—
Tom Ewing
b
: to be perceived by (a person, a person's senses, etc.) in a strongly noticeable and usually unpleasant way
Here, too, is brought … all the waste stuff of the nation—everything that is subject to rot, and that can add to the foul stench that assails our nostrils.—
Edgar Rice Burroughs
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