Assail: alternatives and connections

To commit the first act of hostility or offense; to begin a quarrel or controversy; to make an attack; -- with on.

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To commit the first act of hostility or offense; to begin a quarrel or controversy; to make an attack; -- with on.

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To fall upon with force; to assail, as with force and arms; to assault.

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To fall upon with force; to assail, as with force and arms; to assault.

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To put to a wrong use; to misapply; to misuse; to put to a bad use; to use for a wrong purpose or end; to pervert; as, to abuse inherited gold; to ma…

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A violent onset or attack with physical means, as blows, weapons, etc.; an onslaught; the rush or charge of an attacking force; onset; as, to make as…

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Any substance, esp. food, used in catching fish, or other animals, by alluring them to a hook, snare, inclosure, or net.

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An artificial bar or obstruction placed in a river or water course to increase the depth of water; as, the barrages of the Nile.

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To surround with an army so as to preclude escape; to besiege; to blockade.

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To beset or surround with armed forces, for the purpose of compelling to surrender; to lay siege to; to beleaguer; to beset.

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The scullions and lower menials of a court, or of a nobleman's household, who, in a removal from one residence to another, had charge of the kitchen…

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A vesicle of the skin, containing watery matter or serum, whether occasioned by a burn or other injury, or by a vesicatory; a collection of serous fl…

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A great noise; a hollow sound.

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A piece of heavy ordnance formerly used for throwing stones and other ponderous missiles. It was the earliest kind of cannon.

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A variety of dog, of remarkable ferocity, courage, and tenacity of grip; -- so named, probably, from being formerly employed in baiting bulls.

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A piece of sculpture representing the upper part of the human figure, including the head, shoulders, and breast.

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The act of discharging cannon and throwing ball, shell, etc., for the purpose of destroying an army, or battering a town, ship, or fort; -- usually,…

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To gain advantage over by arts, stratagem, or deception; to decieve; to delude; to get around.

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To fight and scratch.

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A sharp, hooked nail, as of a beast or bird.

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To divest of a sacred character or office; to divert from a sacred purpose; to violate the sanctity of; to profane; to put to an unworthy use; -- the…

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Lack of honor; disgrace; ignominy; shame; reproach.

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An aeriform fluid; -- a term used at first by chemists as synonymous with air, but since restricted to fluids supposed to be permanently elastic, as…

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It.

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To go into or upon; to pass within the confines of; to enter; -- used of forcible or rude ingress.

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A kind of loose jacket for men.

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To trouble; to disturb; to render uneasy; to interfere with; to vex.

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To take or hold possession of; to hold or keep for use; to possess.

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To rage in excess of.

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The skin of a beast with the hair on; a raw or undressed hide; a skin preserved with the hairy or woolly covering on it. See 4th Fell.

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A well-known, pungently aromatic condiment, the dried berry, either whole or powdered, of the Piper nigrum.

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Not sacred or holy; not possessing peculiar sanctity; unconsecrated; hence, relating to matters other than sacred; secular; -- opposed to sacred, rel…

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A hostile or predatory incursion; an inroad or incursion of mounted men; a sudden and rapid invasion by a cavalry force; a foray.

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Fruit, as grapes, plucked from the cluster.

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To seize and carry away by violence; to snatch by force.

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A wicker fish basket.

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Waste or rejected matter; anything worthless; valueless stuff; trash; especially, fragments of building materials or fallen buildings; ruins; debris.

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A name given to many aquatic or marsh-growing endogenous plants with soft, slender stems, as the species of Juncus and Scirpus.

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Of or pertaining to the forest; remote from human abodes and cultivation; in a state of nature; wild; as, a savage wilderness.

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To burn with hot liquid or steam; to pain or injure by contact with, or immersion in, any hot fluid; as, to scald the hand.

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To burn superficially; to parch, or shrivel, the surface of, by heat; to subject to so much heat as changes color and texture without consuming; as,…

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To utter a sudden and loud outcry, as in joy, triumph, or exultation, or to attract attention, to animate soldiers, etc.

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Such.

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A violent disturbance of the atmosphere, attended by wind, rain, snow, hail, or thunder and lightning; hence, often, a heavy fall of rain, snow, or h…

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To touch or hit with some force, either with the hand or with an instrument; to smite; to give a blow to, either with the hand or with any instrument…

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Being, acting, or growing, under water in the sea; as, submarine navigators; submarine plants.

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The act of coming upon, or taking, unawares; the act of seizing unexpectedly; surprisal; as, the fort was taken by surprise.

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To inclose on all sides; to encompass; to environ.

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Any one of numerous species of elasmobranch fishes belonging to Torpedo and allied genera. They are related to the rays, but have the power of giving…

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To treat in a violent manner; to abuse.

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A sulphate of any one of certain metals, as copper, iron, zinc, cobalt. So called on account of the glassy appearance or luster.

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A leather thong.

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To strike with a lash, a cord, a rod, or anything slender and lithe; to lash; to beat; as, to whip a horse, or a carpet.

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That which is done or doing; the exercise of power, or the effect, of which power exerted is the cause; a performance; a deed.

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To strive in opposition; to contest; to dispute; to vie; to quarrel; to fight.

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To examine and judge as a critic; to pass literary or artistic judgment upon; as, to criticise an author; to criticise a picture.

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To strive or contend for victory, with armies or in single combat; to attempt to defeat, subdue, or destroy an enemy, either by blows or weapons; to…

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To drive or be driven against something; to strike against something; to clash; as, one heavy body knocks against another.

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To cause to change place or posture in any manner; to set in motion; to carry, convey, draw, or push from one place to another; to impel; to stir; as…

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To strive, or to make efforts, with a twisting, or with contortions of the body.

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The person who first attacks or makes an aggression; he who begins hostility or a quarrel; an assailant.

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The person who first attacks or makes an aggression; he who begins hostility or a quarrel; an assailant.

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One who assaults, or violently attacks; an assailant.

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One who assaults, or violently attacks; an assailant.

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To fall upon with force; to assail, as with force and arms; to assault.

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To fall upon with force; to assail, as with force and arms; to assault.

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The evolution of light and heat in the combustion of bodies; combustion; state of ignition.

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The evolution of light and heat in the combustion of bodies; combustion; state of ignition.

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A violent onset or attack with physical means, as blows, weapons, etc.; an onslaught; the rush or charge of an attacking force; onset; as, to make as…

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To fall upon with force; to assail, as with force and arms; to assault.

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To whisper.

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Any one of numerous species of limicoline game birds of the family Scolopacidae, having a long, slender, nearly straight beak.

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To ward or fend off; to drive back or away; to repel.

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To ward or fend off; to drive back or away; to repel.

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