assail
verb (used with object)
to attack vigorously or violently; assault.
assailed
Example Sentences
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Critics assailed the carefully curated lifestyle presented by Meghan as tone-deaf.
From BBC ● Aug. 21, 2026
The competitive threat posed by cheaper Chinese substitutes has once again assailed semiconductor stocks, leading to dramatic falls in some of the biggest memory chip makers in Asia on Tuesday.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 28, 2026
Roberts once signed on to a Kagan dissent that assailed the shadow docket.
From Salon ● Jul. 3, 2026
Mayor Karen Bass finds herself in the extraordinary position, as an incumbent, of fighting to make the runoff as she is assailed from the left and the right.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 2, 2026
We spent the weekend spiritlessly sightseeing, assailed by unspoken anxieties.
From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides
