Advertisement
Advertisement
attack
noun as in physical assault
Strongest matches
aggression, barrage, charge, incursion, intervention, intrusion, invasion, offensive, onslaught, outbreak, raid, rape, skirmish, strike, violation
Strong matches
advance, assailing, blitz, blitzkrieg, defilement, drive, encounter, encroachment, foray, initiative, inroad, irruption, mugging, offense, onrush, onset, push, rush, storming, thrust, volley
Weak matches
noun as in verbal assault
Strongest matches
Strong matches
belligerence, blame, calumny, censure, combativeness, denigration, denunciation, libel, pugnacity, slander, vilification
Weak match
noun as in sudden dysfunction or disorder
verb as in assault physically
Strongest matches
ambush, assail, assault, beat, besiege, blast, bombard, charge, harm, hit, hurt, infiltrate, invade, raid, stab, storm, strike
Strong matches
advance, aggress, bash, bat, bean, beset, biff, boot, bop, brain, bust, clip, clock, club, combat, cook, jump, kick, larrup, molest, mug, overwhelm, punch, rush, slog, soak, wallop, whop
Weak matches
boff, chop down, knock block off, knock cold, knock for a loop, lay siege to, light into, pounce upon, set upon, take the offensive, turn on
verb as in assault verbally
verb as in set to work
Strong match
Weak matches
buckle down, deal with, dive into, plunge into, set to, start in on, take up, tear into
Example Sentences
In that same year, she said in an interview with CNN that she was "sceptical" that the Syrian regime was behind a chemical weapons attack which killed dozens of people.
In a rambling video message posted Thursday morning, Jones called the takeover a “total attack on free speech”.
“This attack is a response to the Hispanic invasion of Texas,” Crusius wrote.
His attack in El Paso unfolded four and a half months later.
Israel launched a campaign to destroy Hamas in response to the group's unprecedented attack on southern Israel on 7 October 2023, in which about 1,200 people were killed and 251 others were taken hostage.
Advertisement
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
Advertisement
Advertisement
Advertisement
Browse