Example Sentences:

Ramayana:  Kumbhakarna assailed the monkeys, crushing them under his feet, smashing them with his club and devouring them with his mouth.

Mahabharata:  When the Kaurava forces were assailed by Arjuna and Bhima together, they panicked, screamed and fled.

Bhagavad-gita:  When we are assailed by doubts, we need to treat those doubts like demons who can destroy us unless we take shelter of the Lord who can destroy those demon-like doubts.