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View definitions for set upon

set upon

verb as in beleaguer

verb as in go for

verb as in lunge

verb as in mob

verb as in strike

verb as in waylay

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Example Sentences

He told the BBC how he was set upon when his team tried to investigate votes being falsified by Georgian Dream officials.

From BBC

Bristol Crown Court heard how the close friends were then set upon by four teenage boys, armed with "fearsome weapons", in a case of mistaken identity.

From BBC

He now surpasses domestic level and plans to set upon a path towards world level.

From BBC

He had travelled to Wolverhampton with friends on 13 November and was set upon in an unprovoked attack on Stowlawn playing fields in East Park.

From BBC

Among those who arrived by boat was one asylum seeker from Egypt, who was inside the Royal Hotel in Hull when it was set upon by rioters.

From BBC

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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