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Discover LudwigThe phrase "assailed him" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe someone being attacked or criticized strongly, either physically or verbally.
Example: "The critics assailed him for his controversial remarks during the interview."
Alternatives: "attacked him" or "assaulted him verbally".
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FoxNews.com assailed him for "stupidity".
Demons — or a lifetime of internalized voices — assailed him.
Left-wing members of Parliament assailed him for going along with NATO.
Meeting Mountbatten a few months after partition, Churchill assailed him for helping Britain's "enemies," "Hindustan," against "Britain's friends," the Muslims.
Several of Qadhi's former Saudi professors publicly assailed him, a signal he had become too prominent for them to ignore.
Rove has criticised Perry allegedly for distancing himself from Bush and assailed him for calling Ben Bernanke a traitor.
At the same event, distressed black voters assailed him, a problem in a district that is 44 percent African-American.
His stamina had virtually disappeared and a constant sense of fatigue assailed him.
For months, he ignored his Republican rivals who assailed him relentlessly for his silence.
Human rights groups have assailed him for jailing journalists and opponents.
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"I'm not assailing him personally, Katie".
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