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present tense third-person singular of assail
Synonyms & Antonyms of assails
1
to criticize harshly and usually publicly
- the union organizers assailed the chemical company for failing to provide a safe working environment
Synonyms for assails
- abuses,
- attacks,
- bashes,
- belabors,
- blasts,
- castigates,
- excoriates,
- jumps (on),
- lambastes
- (or lambasts),
- potshots,
- savages,
- scathes,
- slams,
- trashes,
- vituperates
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2
to take sudden, violent action against
- the small birds assailed the larger one that had threatened their nest
Synonyms for assails
- assaults,
- attacks,
- besets,
- bushwhacks,
- charges,
- descends (on or upon),
- goes in (on),
- jumps (on),
- pounces (on or upon),
- raids,
- rushes,
- sets on,
- sics
- (also sicks),
- storms,
- strikes,
- trashes,
- turns (on)
Words Related to assails
- ambuscades,
- ambushes,
- surprises
- (also surprizes),
- waylays
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