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set upon
verb as in assail
verb as in assault
verb as in attack
Strongest matches
Strong matches
verb as in beleaguer
verb as in lunge
verb as in mob
verb as in strike
Example Sentences
He told the BBC how he was set upon when his team tried to investigate votes being falsified by Georgian Dream officials.
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.
He now surpasses domestic level and plans to set upon a path towards world level.
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.
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.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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