assaillir
Meanings
Verb
1. to assail; to assault; to attack
Examples4
Elles m'ont assailli de questions.
They plied me with questions.
La presse a assailli le ministre de questions.
The press besieged the minister with questions.
Robert assaillait toujours les gens de requêtes.
Robert was always besieging people with requests.
Assailli par les photographes, Marcus tenait le journal devant son visage.
Besieged by photographers, Marcus held the newspaper in front of his face.