assail
verb (used with object)
to attack vigorously or violently; assault.
unassailed
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a word derived from
assail.
Example Sentences
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The right to march unassailed with a rainbow flag was part of what they felt they had won in the revolution.
From The New Yorker ● Jun. 6, 2015
He could walk down the street unassailed, and had to audition for any and all parts.
From The Guardian ● May 13, 2013
Since 1562 the 39 Articles of the English Book of Common Prayer have stood, not unassailed, yet unchanged; and before their establishment the Nicene Creed; and before that the Creed of the Apostles.
From Time Magazine Archive
Bitterly he wrote of one unassailed though indefensible Confederate position: "No one but McClellan could have hesitated to attack."
From Time Magazine Archive
We, a people unassailed, talked loudly of our superior merit, and, as we looked over the broad oceans and saw no enemy, thanked God that He had not made us as other nations.
From American World Policies by Walter E. Weyl
