assail

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• /əˈseɪl/
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• rhymes with -eɪl
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• homophone: asail
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• CMU ARPABET: AH0 S EY1 L Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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From Middle English assailen, from Old French assaillir, assalir, from Late Latin assalīre, from Latin ad (“at, towards”) + salīre (“jump”). See also assault.

39 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Bulgarian: нападам (napadam) — to attack violently
• Bulgarian: нахвърлям се (nahvǎrljam se) — to attack violently
• Chinese Mandarin: 攻擊 /攻击 (gōngjí) — to attack violently
• Czech: napadnout — to attack violently
• Czech: napadat — to attack violently
• Czech: zaútočit — to attack violently
• Finnish: käydä kimppuun — to attack violently
• French: assaillir — to attack violently
• Galician: asaltar — to attack violently
• Galician: atacar — to attack violently
• Gallurese: gjumpì — to attack violently
• Gallurese: imbistì — to attack violently
• German: angreifen — to attack violently
• Hungarian: megtámad — to attack violently
• Hungarian: megrohan — to attack violently
• Italian: assalire — to attack violently
• Japanese: 襲撃する (shūgeki suru) — to attack violently
• Kazakh: шүйілу (şüiılu) — to attack violently
• Kazakh: тиісу (tiısu) — to attack violently
• Latin: īnstō — to attack violently
• Latin: incessō — to attack violently
• Māori: uruhi — to attack violently
• Māori: auta — to attack violently
• Māori: whakatorotoro — to attack violently
• Norman: assailli — to attack violently
• Occitan: assalir — to attack violently
• Portuguese: investir — to attack violently
• Russian: напада́ть (napadátʹ) — to attack violently
• Russian: напа́сть (napástʹ) — to attack violently
• Campidanese Sardinian: carrabusai — to attack violently
• Campidanese Sardinian: carraxai — to attack violently
• Campidanese Sardinian: imbistiri — to attack violently
• Sardinian: appiliare — to attack violently
• Sassarese: assarí — to attack violently
• Spanish: atacar — to attack violently
• Spanish: asaltar — to attack violently
• Spanish: aturdir — to attack violently
• Turkish: saldırmak — to attack violently
• Turkish: taarruz etmek — to attack violently