All 5 Uses
assail
in
Lord of Light
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- The table was covered with a richly woven tapestry of blue, brown, yellow, red and green, wherein was worked a series of hunting and battle scenes: riders mounted on slizzard and horse met with lance and bow the charges of feather-panda, fire-rooster and jewel-podded command plant; green apes wrestled in the tops of trees; the Garuda Bird clutched a sky demon in its talons, assailing it with beak and pinions; from the depths of the sea crawled an army of horned fish, clutching spikes of pink coral in their jointed fins, facing a row of kirtled and helmeted men who bore lances and torches to oppose their way upon the land.†
Part 2
- Yama landed blow after blow, both with his fists and the edges of his hands; but it was as if he assailed a statue, for the one who had been Kali's holy executioner took each blow without changing his expression, and he returned them with twisting punches of bone-breaking force.†
Part 3
- He sought to bind the energies that assailed him, but found nothing with which to grapple.†
Part 5
- Ultrasonic screams assailed his ears, but somehow were partly deadened.†
Part 6
- And another party assails the gates of the city!†
Part 6 *
Definitions:
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(1)
(assail) to attack or cause trouble
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)