Assail and Protest

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Assail verb - To criticize harshly and usually publicly.

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Protest and assail are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Protest" instead a verb "Assail".

Nearby Words: assailant, assailable, assailing

Protest verb - To state as a fact usually forcefully.

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Assail and protest are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Assail" instead a verb "Protest".

She's also implied to have the soul of a Forkrul Assail, although it's not entirely clear how that would work, but if true it would make her a case of My Species Doth Protest Too Much if anyone had any idea what the Forkrul Assail were like at that particular point in the series.

Source: Literature / Malazan Book of the Fallen

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