assailment

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But when Trump raised Cruz’s new assailment at a speech in Nevada on Thursday, his crowd laughed through it.

From US News • Jan. 22, 2016

The principle of assailment, if any, is the extension of the analogies beyond the Paley point....

From Modern Atheism under its forms of Pantheism, Materialism, Secularism, Development, and Natural Laws by Buchanan, James

Some may, no doubt, be found in active assailment from without, invasion, revolution, "y otras cosas de Espa�a;" but it is from within that the real main enemy—pride—has undermined all.

From An Architect's Note-Book in Spain principally illustrating the domestic architecture of that country. by Wyatt, Matthew Digby

Franklin sat by the side of Jefferson, as the admirable document was subjected to this assailment.

From Benjamin Franklin A Picture of the Struggles of Our Infant Nation One Hundred Years Ago American Pioneers and Patriots Series by Abbott, John S. C. (John Stevens Cabot)

As for the men, they twisted every item about Gourlay and his domicile into fresh matter of assailment.

From The House with the Green Shutters by Brown, George Douglas