Synonyms of assails

assails

verb

present tense third-person singular of assail

1

as in attacks

to criticize harshly and usually publicly

the union organizers assailed the chemical company for failing to provide a safe working environment

Synonyms & Similar Words

• attacks
• slams
• scolds
• criticizes
• lambasts
• excoriates
• abuses
• lambastes
• castigates
• blasts
• insults
• trashes
• harasses
• bashes
• savages
• belabors
• berates
• ties into
• jumps (on)
• reviles
• curses
• sails into
• vituperates
• scathes
• disparages
• harries
• blasphemes
• belittles
• potshots
• chides
• harangues
• reprimands
• beats up on
• affronts
• vilifies
• chastises
• slanders
• lights into
• whips
• profanes
• rebukes
• imprecates
• fulminates
• traduces
• execrates
• libels
• slurs
• bad-mouths
• asperses
• blackguards
• laces (into)
• lashes (out)
• puts down

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• commends
• praises
• hails
• lauds
• compliments
• acclaims

2

as in assaults

to take sudden, violent action against

the small birds assailed the larger one that had threatened their nest

Synonyms & Similar Words

• attacks
• assaults
• raids
• strikes
• robs
• storms
• besets
• invades
• charges
• rushes
• ambushes
• trashes
• sics
• sicks
• turns (on)
• descends (on or upon)
• sets upon
• sets at
• sets on
• goes in (on)
• rounds on
• jumps (on)
• swarms
• tears into
• flies at
• goes at
• besieges
• pitches into
• beats up on
• bombards
• waylays
• pounces (on or upon)
• bushwhacks
• lights into
• plunders
• surprises
• ravages
• bombs
• mobs
• harries
• envelops
• flanks
• surprizes
• sacks
• pillages
• gangs up (on)
• blitzes
• loots
• barrages
• batters
• ambuscades
• nukes
• presses
• buffets
• cannonades
• mugs
• cannons
• bum-rushes
• forays
• overruns
• beleaguers
• plasters
• bangs away (at)

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• protects
• defends
• covers
• shields
• secures
• guards