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Definition
attack physically or verbally
- Migraines assailed me in February 1974, bringing dizziness, nausea, and an encompassing sense of weakness.
- Her husband, unusually tall for an Iranian, spent most of the evening mumbling prayers and chanting portions of the Koran while, all about us, the now-familiar din of chattering relatives assailed our ears.
- A multitude of questions assailed me, and I determined not to get into the car with these strange, excitable women until I received some answers.
- Whenever Moody turned ugly, however, the doubts assailed me.
- Simultaneously, four lady pasdar, in their uniforms of black chadors, assailed me, screaming in my face.
There are no more uses of "assail" in Not Without My Daughter.
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