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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | attack, rush |
| Synonyms: | aggress, assail, assault, beset, blow violently, bluster, breathe fire, burn up, carry on*, charge, come at, complain, drizzle, drop, fly, fume, go on, howl, pour, rage, rain, rant, rave, rip, roar, scold, set in, sizzle, sound off, spit, squall, stalk, steam up, stomp, strike, take by storm, take on*, tear, thunder* |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | assault |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | attack |
| Synonyms: | abuse, advance, assail, bash, beset, blast, blitz, bushwhack, charge, come down on, go for, haul off on, invade, jump, jump down one's throat, jump on one's case, lay into, let have it, light into, rape, ruin, set upon, shoot down, slam, slap around, storm, strike, trash, violate, work over, zap |
| Notes: | 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 synonyms assault 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 |
| Main Entry: | attack |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | assault physically |
| Synonyms: | advance, aggress, ambush, assail, assault, bash, bat, bean, beat, beset, besiege, biff, blast, blister, boff, bombard, boot, bop, brain*, bust, charge, chop down, clip, clock, club, combat, cook*, harm, hit, hurt, infiltrate, invade, jump, kick, knock block off, knock cold, knock for a loop, larrup, lay siege to, light into, molest, mug, overwhelm, pounce upon, punch, raid, rush, set upon, slog, soak, stab, storm, strike, take the offensive, turn on, wallop, whop |
| Antonyms: | aid, defend, protect, resist, retreat, shelter, shield, submit, support, surrender, sustain |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | beleaguer |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | harass, besiege |
| Synonyms: | annoy, badger, bedevil, beset, blockade, bother, gnaw, harry, nag, persecute, pester, plague, put upon, set upon, siege, storm, tease, vex, worry |
| Main Entry: | beset |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | plague; hem in |
| Synonyms: | aggress, assail, attack, badger, bedevil, beleaguer, besiege, bug*, circle*, compass, dog*, drive up the wall, embarrass, encircle, enclose, encompass, entangle, environ, fall on, fall upon, girdle, give a bad time, give a hard time, give one the business, give the needle, harass, harry, hassle, infest, invade, jump on one's case, nag, nudge, overrun, perplex, pester, pick on, put the squeeze on, ride, ring, start in on, storm, strike, surround |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | bluster |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | bully, intimidate |
| Synonyms: | badger, boast, brag, brazen, browbeat, bulldoze, cow*, crow*, domineer, gloat, hector, rant, rave, ride the high horse, roar, roister, shoot off one's mouth, show off, storm, strut, swagger, swell, talk big, vapor, vaunt, yap |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | boil |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | be angry |
| Synonyms: | be indignant, blow up, bristle, burn, flare, foam at the mouth, fulminate, fume, rage, rave, sputter, storm |
| Antonyms: | be happy |
| Main Entry: | charge |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | attack |
| Synonyms: | assail, assault, blindside, bolt, buck, bushwhack, chase, dash, invade, jump on, lunge, mug, rush, smash, stampede, storm, tear |
| Antonyms: | retreat |
| Main Entry: | flounce |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | bounce; intermittently move |
| Synonyms: | fling, jerk, mince, nancy, prance, sashay, spring, stamp, storm, strut, swish, throw, toss |
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