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What does assail mean?

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  1. To attack violently using words or force.
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In 1820 Scott, with other prominent Tories, secretly financed the new Tory journal the Beacon, whose aim was to assail radical Whiggism.
It means that one does not fade out of the picture when troubles assail one's friend.
The sea does not split, nor does the earth swallow up the terrorists who assail us every day.
He was as impatient to assail his task and beat off the encumbering weight.
And if in 1863 The Times was not alone in ingeminating peace, no other paper went so far as to assail the Poles with downright abuse.
It was the crest of the ridge, not the round top, that Lee wished to assail.

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