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According to WordNet, the verb "assail" has 3 sense(s).
201119169 launch an attack or assault on; begin hostilities or start warfare with; "Hitler attacked Poland on September 1, 1939 and started World War II"; "Serbian forces assailed Bosnian towns all week".