assail

verbA2

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Động từ

verb

V_es/s

assails

V_ing/Gerund

assailing

V_ed/pp

assailed

1.
(figuratively, sometimes, transitive)(transitive, sometimes figurative) To attack with harsh words or violent force.
Muggers assailed them as they entered an alley.
Our ears were assailed by her joyous efforts on her new saxophone.
2007, Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o, Wizard of the Crow, Nairobo: East African Educational Publishers, Book 2, Chapter 3, p. 64, He did not like being in crowds, foul smells galore assailing his nostrils.
2.
(figuratively, transitive)(transitive, figurative) To overcome or successfully argue against; defeat.

Từ liên quan

Đồng nghĩa

barrage

Cùng gốc / liên quan

assault

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Nguồn gốc từ

ine-pro From Middle English assailen, from Old French assaillir, assalir, from assalīre, from Latin ad (at, towards) + salīre (jump). See also assault.