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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
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noun as in verbal assault
Strongest matches
Strong matches
belligerence, blame, calumny, censure, combativeness, denigration, denunciation, libel, pugnacity, slander, vilification
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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
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buckle down, deal with, dive into, plunge into, set to, start in on, take up, tear into
Example Sentences
Israel’s stated goal in its war against Hezbollah is to allow the return of about 60,000 residents who have been displaced from communities in the country’s north because of the group’s attacks.
Smyth, a barrister and senior member of a Christian charity, was accused of attacking dozens of boys, including those he met in the UK in the 1970s and 1980s.
Dame Angela attacked the Conservatives' record on asylum, particularly their claim that their Rwanda scheme was a deterrent.
Chronic stress can inflict more serious damage to the immune system and make people more vulnerable to heart attacks, strokes, diabetes, infertility, clinical anxiety, depression and other ailments.
Forays by settlers and Israeli soldiers to uproot Palestinians' olive trees, both in Gaza and the occupied West Bank, have escalated dramatically in the wake of the Hamas attack on Oct.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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