lights in to (verb) assault: attack
Detalii: to assail a task is to approach it with the intent of mastering it, from Latin salire 'to leap'; assault is also based on this word and assail and assault can be synonymsassault is an attempt or threat to do physical harm while battery is unjustified application of force; assault and battery is carrying out of threatened physical harm or violence
Sinonime: banal, commonplace, dull,
feeble, hackneyed, mawkish,
melodramatic, old hat, old-fashioned,
sentimental, shopworn, stale, stereotyped,
stupid, tired, warmed-over
Antonime: new,
original,
unique