assail with missiles

  • 1pelt — I. n. Skin (of a beast with the hair on it), hide, raw hide, undressed hide. II. v. a. 1. Strike (with something thrown), beat, batter, assail with missiles, belabor. 2. Throw, cast, hurl …

    New dictionary of synonyms

  • 2pelt — I. /pɛlt / (say pelt) verb (t) 1. to assail with repeated blows or with missiles; beat or rush against. 2. to throw (missiles). 3. to drive, put, etc., by blows or missiles. 4. to assail with abuse. –verb (i) 5. to strike blows; beat with force… …

  • 3pelt — pelt1 /pelt/, v.t. 1. to attack or assail with repeated blows or with missiles. 2. to throw (missiles). 3. to drive by blows or missiles: The child pelted the cows home from the fields. 4. to assail vigorously with words, questions, etc. 5. to… …

    Universalium

  • 4pelt — I [[t]pɛlt[/t]] v. t. 1) to attack with repeated blows or with missiles 2) to throw (missiles) 3) to assail vigorously with words, questions, etc 4) to beat or rush against with repeated forceful blows 5) to beat or pound unrelentingly 6) to… …

    From formal English to slang

  • 5pelt — 1. v. & n. v. 1 tr. (usu. foll. by with) a hurl many small missiles at. b strike repeatedly with missiles. c assail (a person etc.) with insults, abuse, etc. 2 intr. (usu. foll. by down) (of rain etc.) fall quickly and torrentially. 3 intr. run… …

    Useful english dictionary

  • 6Pelt — Pelt, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Pelted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Pelting}.] [OE. pelten, pulten, pilten, to thrust, throw, strike; cf. L. pultare, equiv. to pulsare (v. freq. fr. pellere to drive), and E. pulse a beating.] 1. To strike with something thrown… …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 7Pelted — Pelt Pelt, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Pelted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Pelting}.] [OE. pelten, pulten, pilten, to thrust, throw, strike; cf. L. pultare, equiv. to pulsare (v. freq. fr. pellere to drive), and E. pulse a beating.] 1. To strike with something… …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 8Pelting — Pelt Pelt, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Pelted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Pelting}.] [OE. pelten, pulten, pilten, to thrust, throw, strike; cf. L. pultare, equiv. to pulsare (v. freq. fr. pellere to drive), and E. pulse a beating.] 1. To strike with something… …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 9Death of Ian Tomlinson — Ian Tomlinson redirects here. For the Australian athlete, see Ian Tomlinson (athlete). Death of Ian Tomlinson Ian Tomlinson remonstrates with police after being pushed to the ground, minutes before he died. Date 1 April 2009 ( …

    Wikipedia

  • 10Bangladesh Liberation War — Part of Cold War Mukti Bahini Training, 1971 …

    Wikipedia