Assail
91beset — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. besiege, attack, invest; stud (See ornament). II (Roget s IV) v. Syn. besiege, assail, plague, harass; see attack 1 , 2 . See Synonym Study at attack . III (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) v. plague,… …
92charge — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. command, exhort, instruct; assess, tax; set a price; burden; debit; strike, attack; fill, load, prepare; accuse, blame. n. accusation, allegation, impeachment, indictment; command, order, mandate,… …
93invade — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. enter, encroach, violate, penetrate, trespass; attack, assail, harry. See ingress. II (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To enter with armed force] Syn. force a landing, penetrate, overrun; see attack 1 . 2. [To… …
94raid — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. attack, invasion, onset, incursion; foray. See stealing. v. t. attack, invade; pounce upon. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [A predatory attack] Syn. invasion, assault, forced entrance, sortie, sweep,… …
95visit — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. call; interview, appointment; stopover, sojourn. v. call on, drop in; stop, stay, tarry; sojourn; afflict, assail. See arrival, sociality. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. social call, call, appointment,… …
96impugn — I (Roget s IV) v. Syn. question, attack, challenge, call in question, contradict, gainsay, deny, assail, knock*; see also deny , doubt 1 , 2 . See Synonym Study at deny . II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) (VOCABULARY WORD) v. [im PYOON] to attack or… …
97assault — [13] To assault somebody was originally to ‘jump on’ them. The word comes from a Vulgar Latin compound verb *assaltāre, formed from the prefix ad ‘to’ and saltāre ‘jump’, a frequentative form (denoting repeated action) of the verb salīre ‘jump’… …
98desultory — [16] Latin dēsultor designated a circus trick rider who jumped from the back of one horse to another while they were galloping along (it was a derivative of dēsilīre, a compound verb formed from dē ‘down’ and salīre ‘jump’, source of or related… …
99salient — [16] Salient is one of a large number of English words that go back ultimately to Latin salīre ‘jump’. Others include assail, assault, desultory, insult, sally, sauté, and also salacious [17], which goes back to Latin salāx ‘given to leaping on… …
100assailant — (n.) 1530s, from Fr. assailant, noun use of prp. of assailir (see ASSAIL (Cf. assail)). Earlier in same sense was assailer (c.1400) …
