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to reassail

to reassail

9.9
To attack again after an earlier attempt
  • verb
  • Archaic
: volver a asediar
  • After the initial attack failed, the general decided to reassail the target with a different strategy.

Examples

  • Determined to win, the team reassailed their opponents with a renewed offensive.

  • The enemy will reassail the fortress tonight.

  • Despite his efforts to move on, old memories reassailed him unexpectedly.

  • Even after therapy, her doubts would reassail her in moments of silence.

  • The critics reassailed the movie after its release.

  • The soldiers were ordered to reassail the enemy's position at dawn after their initial defeat.

  • Haunted by the past, dark thoughts would reassail her whenever she was alone.

Synonyms

to refight
vsto reassail
2 6.3

To fight the same battle, match, or argument again

is limited to attacking again often after an initial attempt

Antonyms

to defend
∞ 1.3

To protect people and things from attack or harm

Surface Forms

reassail infinitive
reassailed past
reassailed past participle
reassailing present participle
reassails third person singular

Morphology

reassail = assail (transparent) = re + assail

The meaning is a straightforward repetition of the action denoted by 'assail': 'attack again'.

Etymology

The word reassail is made of the part re- meaning 'again' and assail meaning 'to attack' or 'to leap at'. Picture someone 'leaping at' a target a second time, and you'll remember that reassail means to attack or trouble again.