verb (v)

• attack someone physically or emotionally(verb.competition)

  Example:
  Nightmares assailed him regularly.
  

  Synonym:
  assault, attack, set on
  

  source: wordnet30
• launch an attack or assault on; begin hostilities or start warfare with(verb.competition)

  Example:
  Serbian forces assailed Bosnian towns all week.
  

  Synonym:
  attack
  Antonym:
  defend
  

  source: wordnet30
• attack in speech or writing(verb.communication)

  Synonym:
  assault, attack, lash out, round, snipe
  

  source: wordnet30
• To attack with violence, or in a vehement and hostile manner; to assault; to molest; as, to assail a man with blows; to assail a city with artillery.(verb)

  source: webster1913