assail
verb
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
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- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 verb
attack someone physically or emotionally
The mugger assaulted the woman
Types & categories
Related & opposite
- assault derivation
- ravishment derivation
- attempt derivation
- aggressor derivation
- assaultive derivation
Sense 2 verb
launch an attack or assault on; begin hostilities or start warfare with
Hitler attacked Poland on September 1, 1939 and started World War II
Types & categories
Related & opposite
- defend antonym
- attack derivation
- aggressor derivation
- assailable derivation
- aggress verb group
Sense 3 verb
attack in speech or writing
The editors of the left-leaning paper attacked the new House Speaker
Types & categories
Related & opposite
- flak derivation
- aggressor derivation
- assaultive derivation
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | assault |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | ravishment |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | attempt |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | aggressor |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | assaultive |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | bait |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | sic |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | bulldog |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | rush |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | blindside |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | savage |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | reassail |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | jump |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | set upon |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | rape |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | desecrate |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | molest |
| 2 | antonym | Related & opposite | defend |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | attack |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | aggressor |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | assailable |
| 2 | verb group | Related & opposite | aggress |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | fight |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | submarine |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | pelt |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | strike |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | counterattack |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | gas |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | surprise |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | blitz |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | invade |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | besiege |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | bomb |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | strafe |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | cannonade |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | torpedo |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | raid |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | flak |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | aggressor |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | assaultive |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | criticize |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | blackguard |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | claw |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | vitriol |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | rip |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | whang |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | barrage |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | scald |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | rubbish |