assault (noun) 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: avoid,
baffle, balk, beat around bush, beg the question,
bypass, cavil,
circumvent,
conceal,
confuse, cop out,
deceive,
decline, dodge,
double,
duck, elude,
equivocate, escape, eschew, fence, fend off,
flee,
fly, fudge, get around, give the runaround, hedge,
hide, keep distance, lay low, lead on a merry chase, lie, parry, pass up,
pretend, prevaricate, pussyfoot,
put off,
shift, shirk, shuck, shuffle,
shun,
shy, sidestep, slip out, sneak away, steer clear of, tergiversate,
trick, waffle, weasel
Antonime: face, meet,
take on