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to as·sail

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  1. to assail

    To attack, leap upon, board, &c.

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  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of to assail in Chaldean Numerology is: 5

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of to assail in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6

Examples of to assail in a Sentence

  1. Charlotte Brontë:

    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.

  2. John Dryden:

    Roused by the lash of his own stubborn tail our lion now will foreign foes assail.

  3. George Bernard Shaw:

    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.

  4. Charlotte Bronte:

    Conventionality is not morality. Self-righteousness is not religion. To attack the first is not to assail the last.

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