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ə'seil(to attack, torment: He was assailed with questions; assailed by doubts.) asaltartr[ə'seɪl]1 (physically) atacar2 (doubts, problems, etc) asaltarassail [ə'seɪl] vt: atacar, asaltarv.• acometer v.• arremeter v.• asaltar v.• atacar v.• inundar v.ə'seɪltransitive verb (frml) atacar*she was assailed by a group of journalists — un grupo de periodistas se abalanzó sobre ella or la asedió
[ǝ'seɪl]VT frm1) (=attack) (lit) acometer, atacar; (fig) atacar2) (=bombard)to assail sb with questions — asaltar or bombardear a algn a preguntas, freír a algn a preguntas *
they assailed her with questions — la asaltaron or bombardearon a preguntas, la frieron a preguntas *
he was assailed by doubts, doubts assailed him — le asaltaban las dudas
* * *[ə'seɪl]transitive verb (frml) atacar*
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