Associations to the word «Assailing»

Wiktionary

ASSAIL, verb. To attack violently using words or force.

Dictionary definition

ASSAIL, verb. Attack someone physically or emotionally; "The mugger assaulted the woman"; "Nightmares assailed him regularly".
ASSAIL, verb. Launch an attack or assault on; begin hostilities or start warfare with; "Hitler attacked Poland on September 1, 1939 and started World War II"; "Serbian forces assailed Bosnian towns all week".
ASSAIL, verb. Attack in speech or writing; "The editors of the left-leaning paper attacked the new House Speaker".

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats