ATTACKING Synonyms

• lying in ambush

• coming down or downward

• gradually intrusive without right or permission

• involving invasion or aggressive attack

• Raiding and pillaging.

• characterized by plundering or pillaging or marauding

• offending against or breaking a law or rule

• so strong as to be irresistible

• so strong as to be irresistible

• very strong; urgently felt

• having or demonstrating ability to recognize or draw fine distinctions

• tending to penetrate; having the power of entering or piercing

• the act of stealing valuable things from a place

• characterized by plundering or pillaging or marauding

• (American football) an attempt to advance the ball by running into the line

• the act of moving hurriedly and in a careless manner

• the physical coming together of two or more things

• the act of contacting one thing with another

• sensational in appearance or thrilling in effect

• having a quality that thrusts itself into attention

• take the initiative and go on the offensive

• attack someone physically or emotionally

• launch an attack or assault on; begin hostilities or start warfare with

• attack in speech or writing

• close fighting during the culmination of a military attack

• thoroughbred that won the triple crown in 1946

• a threatened or attempted physical attack by someone who appears to be able to cause bodily harm if not stopped

• the crime of forcing a person to submit to sexual intercourse against his or her will

• attack someone physically or emotionally

• force (someone) to have sex against their will

• attack in speech or writing

• annoy continually or chronically

• assail or attack on all sides:

• decorate or cover lavishly (as with gems)

• To attack quickly or suddenly, as by an air raid or similar action.

• To perform a blitz.

• To purée or chop (food products) using a food processor or blender.

• To do something quickly or in one session.

• an impetuous rush toward someone or something

• (criminal law) a pleading describing some wrong or offense

• the price charged for some article or service

• the quantity of unbalanced electricity in a body (either positive or negative) and construed as an excess or deficiency of electrons

• attention and management implying responsibility for safety

• a special assignment that is given to a person or group

• a person committed to your care

• financial liabilities (such as a tax)

• (psychoanalysis) the libidinal energy invested in some idea or person or object

• the swift release of a store of affective force

• request for payment of a debt

• a formal statement of a command or injunction to do something

• an assertion that someone is guilty of a fault or offence

• heraldry consisting of a design or image depicted on a shield

• a quantity of explosive to be set off at one time

• to make a rush at or sudden attack upon, as in battle

• blame for, make a claim of wrongdoing or misbehavior against

• demand payment

• move quickly and violently

• assign a duty, responsibility or obligation to

• file a formal charge against

• make an accusatory claim

• fill or load to capacity

• enter a certain amount as a charge

• cause to be admitted; of persons to an institution

• give over to another for care or safekeeping

• pay with a credit card; pay with plastic money; postpone payment by recording a purchase as a debt

• lie down on command, of hunting dogs

• cause to be agitated, excited, or roused

• place a heraldic bearing on

• provide (a device) with something necessary

• direct into a position for use

• impose a task upon, assign a responsibility to

• instruct (a jury) about the law, its application, and the weighing of evidence

• instruct or command with authority

• attribute responsibility to

• set or ask for a certain price

• cause formation of a net electrical charge in or on

• energize a battery by passing a current through it in the direction opposite to discharge

• saturate