NAGASAKI Synonyms

• (military) an offensive against an enemy (using weapons)

• an offensive move in a sport or game

• intense adverse criticism

• ideas or actions intended to deal with a problem or situation

• the act of attacking

• a decisive manner of beginning a musical tone or phrase

• a sudden occurrence of an uncontrollable condition

• the onset of a corrosive or destructive process (as by a chemical agent)

• strong criticism

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

• attack in speech or writing

• take the initiative and go on the offensive

• attack someone physically or emotionally

• set to work upon; turn one's energies vigorously to a task

• begin to injure

• an attack by dropping bombs

• the use of bombs for sabotage; a tactic frequently used by terrorists

• the termination of something by causing so much damage to it that it cannot be repaired or no longer exists

• an event that completely destroys something

• a final state

• the state of being decayed or destroyed

• the feeling of being confounded or overwhelmed

• an event that results in total destruction

• plundering with excessive damage and destruction

• the termination of something by causing so much damage to it that it cannot be repaired or no longer exists

• a violent release of energy caused by a chemical or nuclear reaction

• the act of exploding or bursting

• a sudden great increase

• the noise caused by an explosion

• the terminal forced release of pressure built up during the occlusive phase of a stop consonant

• a sudden outburst

• a golf shot from a bunker that typically moves sand as well as the golf ball

• an act of mass destruction and loss of life (especially in war or by fire)

• the mass murder of Jews under the German Nazi regime from 1941 until 1945

• destruction by annihilating something

• the complete destruction of every trace of something