lights into (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: ancient,
antiquated, banal, common, commonplace, dull, hackneyed,
hoary,
obsolete, old hat, old-fashioned, shopworn, stale, stereotypical, threadbare, timeworn, tired,
trite, warmed-over, worn
Antonime: new,
unused