Key: "S:" = Show Synset (semantic) relations, "W:" = Show Word (lexical) relations
Display options for sense: (gloss) "an example sentence"
Verb
S: (v) assail, assault, set on, attack (attack someone physically or emotionally) "The mugger assaulted the woman"; "Nightmares assailed him regularly"
S: (v) attack, assail (launch an attack or assault on; begin hostilities or start warfare with) "Hitler attacked Poland on September 1, 1939 and started World War II"; "Serbian forces assailed Bosnian towns all week"
S: (v) attack, round, assail, lash out, snipe, assault (attack in speech or writing) "The editors of the left-leaning paper attacked the new House Speaker"