Assailment
Pronunciation : As*sail"ment
Part of Speech : n.
Definition : Defn: The act or power of assailing; attack; assault. [R.] His most frequent assailment was the headache. Johnson.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
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