Synonyms of assails

assails

verb

present tense third-person singular of assail

1

as in attacks

to criticize harshly and usually publicly

the union organizers assailed the chemical company for failing to provide a safe working environment

Synonyms & Similar Words

• attacks
• slams
• scolds
• criticizes
• excoriates
• abuses
• lambasts
• lambastes
• blasts
• castigates
• insults
• trashes
• bashes
• savages
• harasses
• potshots
• belabors
• berates
• ties into
• curses
• reviles
• harries
• vituperates
• sails into
• scathes
• disparages
• blasphemes
• belittles
• chides
• harangues
• lights into
• beats up on
• reprimands
• affronts
• vilifies
• slanders
• chastises
• jumps (on)
• whips
• rebukes
• profanes
• fulminates
• libels
• traduces
• execrates
• slurs
• blackguards
• bad-mouths
• imprecates
• asperses
• puts down
• laces (into)
• lashes (out)

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• commends
• hails
• praises
• lauds
• compliments
• acclaims

• commends
• hails
• praises
• lauds
• compliments
• acclaims

2

as in assaults

to take sudden, violent action against

the small birds assailed the larger one that had threatened their nest

Synonyms & Similar Words

• assaults
• attacks
• raids
• storms
• strikes
• robs
• besets
• invades
• charges
• sics
• ambushes
• rushes
• trashes
• sets upon
• sets at
• swarms
• sets on
• sicks
• rounds on
• tears into
• flies at
• pitches into
• besieges
• goes at
• bombards
• bushwhacks
• waylays
• lights into
• beats up on
• turns (on)
• descends (on or upon)
• plunders
• goes in (on)
• mobs
• surprises
• jumps (on)
• harries
• ambuscades
• ravages
• sacks
• flanks
• bombs
• envelops
• cannonades
• pounces (on or upon)
• pillages
• barrages
• blitzes
• loots
• batters
• cannons
• mugs
• nukes
• buffets
• bum-rushes
• presses
• forays
• plasters
• gangs up (on)
• surprizes
• overruns
• beleaguers
• bangs away (at)

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• protects
• defends
• covers
• secures
• shields
• guards

• protects
• defends
• covers
• secures
• shields
• guards