Thesaurus:attack
English
Verb
Sense: to apply violent force to a person or object
Synonyms
- abuse
- aggress
- assail
- assault [⇒ thesaurus]
- attack
- beat
- beleaguer
- bepommel
- beset
- besiege
- bombard
- charge
- dust up
- fall on
- fall upon
- hit [⇒ thesaurus] (figuratively)
- impugn
- invade
- lay into
- lay siege
- let someone have it
- light into
- onfall
- onset
- overrun
- pommel
- pound
- rush [⇒ thesaurus]
- set the dogs upon
- set upon
- storm [⇒ thesaurus]
- strike
- strike at
- wap
- whap
Antonyms
Hyponyms
- bomb
- cut [⇒ thesaurus]
- hit [⇒ thesaurus]
- punch down
- shoot
- stab [⇒ thesaurus]
- —
- ambush
- assail
- jump
- pounce
- surprisal (obsolete)
- —
- defame [⇒ thesaurus]
- revile
See also
- Thesaurus:assault (noun)
- Thesaurus:fight (noun)
- Thesaurus:harm (verb)
Further reading
- “716. attack” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.
- “attack” in Moby Thesaurus II, Grady Ward, 1996.