Assail | Mean of assail in English Dictionary
/əˈseɪl/
- Verb
- to attack or criticize (someone or something) in a violent or angry way
- The movie was assailed by critics.
- politicians assailed by the media
- A horrible odor assailed our noses. [=we smelled a horrible odor]
- We were assailed by doubts [=we were very doubtful] about the decision we'd made.
- assailed by fears