English-German translation for "assail"

"assail" German translation

assail
[əˈseil]transitive verb | transitives Verb v/t

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examples
  • to assailsomebody | jemand sb with blows
    jemanden mit Schlägen überfallen
    to assailsomebody | jemand sb with blows
  • bestürmen, überfallen, angreifen
    assail figurative(ly) | figurativ, in übertragenem Sinnfig
    assail figurative(ly) | figurativ, in übertragenem Sinnfig
examples
  • to assailsomebody | jemand sb with abuse
    jemanden mit Beschimpfungen überschütten
    to assailsomebody | jemand sb with abuse
  • to be assailed with doubts
    von Zweifeln befallen werden
    to be assailed with doubts
  • in Angriff nehmen, anpacken
    assail tasket cetera, and so on | etc., und so weiter etc
    assail tasket cetera, and so on | etc., und so weiter etc
  • assail syn vgl. → see „attack
    assail syn vgl. → see „attack
assail
[əˈseil]noun | Substantiv s obsolete | obsolet, begrifflich veraltetobs

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  • Angriffmasculine | Maskulinum m
    assail
    assail
Außerdem bezweifeln die Todesstrafengegner den abschreckenden Effekt der Todesstrafe.
Moreover, abolitionists assail the deterrent effect of the death penalty.
Source: News-Commentary
Sie werden verunglimpft, wenn sie Geld verlieren, und angegriffen, wenn sie welches erwirtschaften.
They are reviled if they lose money, and assailed if they make it.
Source: News-Commentary
Stürzten roh des Königs Thron.
Assailed the monarch s high estate; ’
Source: Books
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