assail
verb (used with object)
to attack vigorously or violently; assault.
assails
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present tense formof assail (3rd person singular).present tense
Used to describe things happening now or regularly.
Example Sentences
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Meanwhile, the document assails America’s friends across the Atlantic.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 8, 2025
"Shaming personalizes political life; it assails individuals for injustices that are historically, socially and politically organized," political theorist Wendy Brown, who teaches social science at the Institute for Advanced Study, told Salon by email.
From Salon ● May 9, 2022
Ragins — whose book “Frontier: A Rebellious Guide to Psychosis and Other Extraordinary Experiences,” assails the U.S. mental health system and plots a smarter course — had a fairly normal conversation with the client.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 19, 2022
The most pernicious problem remains inflation, a reality that assails businesses and households, adding to the strain on the poor through higher food prices.
From New York Times ● Apr. 19, 2021
We can defend ourselves successfully in France, and we can also hold our empire against any one who assails it in any part of the world at the same time.
From Current History: A Monthly Magazine of the New York Times, May 1918 Vol. VIII, Part I, No. 2 by Various
