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to as·sail
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to assail
To attack, leap upon, board, &c.
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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of to assail in Chaldean Numerology is: 5
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of to assail in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6
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Conventionality is not morality. Self-righteousness is not religion. To attack the first is not to assail the last. To pluck the mask from the face of the Pharisee is not to lift an impious hand to the Crown of Thorns.
Roused by the lash of his own stubborn tail our lion now will foreign foes assail.
Let a short Act of Parliament be passed, placing all street musicians outside the protection of the law, so that any citizen may assail them with stones, sticks, knives, pistols, or bombs without incurring any penalties.
Conventionality is not morality. Self-righteousness is not religion. To attack the first is not to assail the last.
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