See assail on Wiktionary
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"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "shūgeki suru",
"sense": "to attack violently",
"word": "襲撃する"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "to attack violently",
"word": "īnstō"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "to attack violently",
"word": "incessō"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to attack violently",
"word": "uruhi"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to attack violently",
"word": "auta"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to attack violently",
"word": "whakatorotoro"
},
{
"code": "nrf",
"lang": "Norman",
"sense": "to attack violently",
"word": "assailli"
},
{
"code": "oc",
"lang": "Occitan",
"sense": "to attack violently",
"word": "assalir"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to attack violently",
"word": "investir"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "napadátʹ",
"sense": "to attack violently",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "напада́ть"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "napástʹ",
"sense": "to attack violently",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "напа́сть"
},
{
"code": "sc",
"lang": "Campidanese Sardinian",
"sense": "to attack violently",
"word": "carrabusai"
},
{
"code": "sc",
"lang": "Campidanese Sardinian",
"sense": "to attack violently",
"word": "carraxai"
},
{
"code": "sc",
"lang": "Campidanese Sardinian",
"sense": "to attack violently",
"word": "imbistiri"
},
{
"code": "sc",
"lang": "Sardinian",
"sense": "to attack violently",
"tags": [
"Logudorese"
],
"word": "appiliare"
},
{
"code": "sdc",
"lang": "Sassarese",
"sense": "to attack violently",
"word": "assarí"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to attack violently",
"word": "atacar"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to attack violently",
"word": "asaltar"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to attack violently",
"word": "aturdir"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "to attack violently",
"word": "saldırmak"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "to attack violently",
"tags": [
"obsolete",
"possibly"
],
"word": "taarruz etmek"
}
],
"word": "assail"
}
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