The act of assailing; an attack or assault.
From assail + -ment suffix. The suffix -ment comes from Latin -mentum and creates nouns describing actions or results.
Words ending in -ment often feel formal or archaic—'assailment' sounds Shakespearean compared to modern 'assault,' but they're essentially synonyms from different eras.
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