(transitive) To attack with harsh words or violent force (also figuratively).

Someone who attacks or assails another violently, or criminally. / (figuratively, by extension) A hostile critic or opponent.

Assailing; attacking.

simple past tense and past participle of assail

Able to be assailed or attacked.

plural of assailant

The state or quality of being assailable.

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of assail

present participle of assail

(now rare) The act of assailing.