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What is another word for assails?

Need synonyms for assails? Here's a list of similar words from our thesaurus that you can use instead.

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To make a concerted or violent attack on

To criticize strongly

To cause trouble or anguish to, or to experience trouble or anguish from

To hit, strike or knock something forcefully

To ambush or ensnare by hiding and unexpectedly intercepting

To defy or put up an opposition to

To effectively force (someone) to do something

To confront or come up against

(of a feeling) To affect (someone) suddenly and powerfully

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To make a concerted or violent attack on

belabors^US

belabours^UK

launches an attack on

pummels^US

beats the living daylights out of

makes an onslaught on

gives someone a beating

terrorizes^US

terrorises^UK

goes on the offensive

conducts an offensive on

knocks into the middle of next week

gives someone a good hiding

gives someone a hiding

whops

canes

tonks

gives someone a drubbing

gives someone a good drubbing

gives someone a good beating

jumps down one's throat

brutalizes^US

brutalises^UK

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“The sea does not split, nor does the earth swallow up the invaders who assail us every day.”

Verb

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To criticize strongly

criticises^UK

criticizes^US

belabours^UK

belabors^US

pummels^US

gives someone a bad press

gives someone a roasting

gives someone hell

goes for the jugular

jumps down someone's throat

does a hatchet job on

stigmatizes^US

dishonours^UK

drags through the mud

scandalizes^US

dishonors^US

stigmatises^UK

scandalises^UK

drags through the mire

brings into disrepute

casts a slur on

runs smear campaign

spreads scandal about

minimizes^US

minimises^UK

raps over the knuckles

tells off

gives a talking-to

gives someone a rollicking

gives someone a bollocking

lashes into

jumps down one's throat

takes apart

gives someone a dressing-down

drags someone's name through the mud

bites someone's head off

jumps on one's case

snaps someone's head off

gives something a battering

gives something a bad press

puts someone on the griddle

puts someone on the hot seat

gives someone a telling-off

gives someone a rating

raps someone the knuckles

lets someone have it

sends someone away with a flea in their ear

gives someone what for

slaps down

blows up at

puts on the mat

gives someone a caning

gives someone an earful

gives someone a mouthful

gives someone some stick

lays out

gives someone a wigging

blackens someone's name

runs a smear campaign against

demonizes^US

digs

jinxes

demonises^UK

rips up

sullies the reputation of

spreads lies about

conducts a smear campaign against

rags on

blackens the name of

blackens the reputation of

trivializes^US

trivialises^UK

passes strictures upon

satirizes^US

ostracizes^US

ostracises^UK

expresses a poor opinion of

satirises^UK

looks down one's nose at

gives a tongue-lashing

blackens the character of

holds someone to blame

treats disrespectfully

cuts dead

causes offence to

hurts somebody's feelings

takes the piss out of

makes someone eat crow

puts out of countenance

makes a fool of

causes to lose face

settles someone's hash

casts down

takes the wind out of your sails

puts to shame

makes someone eat humble pie

takes down a peg or two

gives your opinion of

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“Although the open admissions policy was weakened, its critics continued to assail it.”

Verb

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To cause trouble or anguish to, or to experience trouble or anguish from

agonizes^US

agonises^UK

drives round the bend

victimizes^US

victimises^UK

tantalizes^US

tantalises^UK

breathes down someone's neck

rubs up the wrong way

drives round the twist

terrorizes^US

terrorises^UK

discriminates against

makes things hot for someone

gets on one's nerves

wears on

makes it hot for someone

ticks off

makes uneasy

gives someone the hump

appalls^US

appals^UK

pressurizes^US

pressurises^UK

labours^UK

labors^US

antagonizes^US

brings pressure to bear on

tyrannizes^US

tyrannises^UK

antagonises^UK

drives to distraction

makes cross

makes someone see red

makes angry

tees off

drives mad

gives someone the pip

inflicts pain on

inflicts suffering on

messes with

drives you up the wall

sticks the knife into

gets on the nerves of

takes the piss out of

sets one's teeth on edge

makes somebody's hackles rise

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“These problems will continue to assail humanity unless a workable solution to them can be found.”

Verb

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To hit, strike or knock something forcefully

pummels^US

belabours^UK

belabors^US

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