All 5 Uses of
assail
in
The Two Towers
- Indeed he is in great fear, not knowing what mighty one may suddenly appear, wielding the Ring, and assailing him with war, seeking to cast him down and take his place.†
Chpt 3.5 *
- The assailing hosts halted, foiled by the silent menace of rock and wall.†
Chpt 3.7
- But if I am a murderer on that account, then all the House of Eorl is stained with murder; for they have fought many wars, and assailed many who defied them.†
Chpt 3.10
- And they made a truce with the proud peoples of the North, who often had assailed us, men of fierce valour, but our kin from afar off, unlike the wild Easterlings or the cruel Haradrim.†
Chpt 4.5
- So great an army had never issued from that vale since the days of Isildur's might; no host so fell and strong in arms had yet assailed the fords of Anduin; and yet it was but one and not the greatest of the hosts that Mordor now sent forth.†
Chpt 4.8
Definition:
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(assail) attack physically or verbally