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Assail vs Absail - What's the difference?

assail | absail |

As a verb assail

is to attack violently using words or force.

As a noun absail is

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assail

English

Verb

(en verb)
  • To attack violently using words or force.
    • Muggers assailed them as they entered an alley.
    For the next six months or so those children will assail her in public with demands for an improper story! (from H.H. Munro's short story, "The Storyteller").

    absail

    English

    Noun

    (head)