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Exact Match:

assail

attack someone physically or emotionally; "The mugger assaulted the woman"; "Nightmares assailed him regularly"

Synonyms:

• ambush,
• assault,
• attack,
• blister,
• blitz,
• bushwhack,
• castigate,
• censure,
• come at,
• come down on,
• crack down on,
• criminate,
• cry out against,
• cry out on,
• cry shame upon,
• descend on,
• descend upon,
• excoriate,
• fall on,
• fall upon,
• flay,
• fustigate,
• gang up on,
• go at,
• go for,
• harry,
• have at,
• hit,
• hit like lightning,
• implicate,
• impugn,
• incriminate,
• inculpate,
• involve,
• jump,
• land on,
• lash,
• lay at,
• lay hands on,
• lay into,
• light into,
• mug,
• pitch into,
• pounce upon,
• pound,
• roast,
• sail into,
• scarify,
• scathe,
• scorch,
• set on,
• set upon,
• skin alive,
• slash,
• strike,
• surprise,
• swoop down on,
• take the offensive,
• trounce,
• wade into