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Assault

//əˈsɔlt//

Synonyms for "assault" (256 found)

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Informal (78)

Adj, noun, verb, slang(5 words)

run pitch attack mug beat up

Adj, adv, name, noun, verb, slang(3 words)

light rough jump

Adj, name, noun, verb, slang(9 words)

go bear rush bull punch savage butcher killing ram

Noun, verb, slang(25 words)

make charge drive tear dig shoulder sack rattle hustle boost riot stress rage roar batter lace jolt elbow jab loot

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prod jostle maul shove thrashing

Name, noun, verb, slang(18 words)

strike shake burn jam buck push pile pound butt poke pelt ramp hammer cram rave sally harry blitz

Adj, name, noun, pron, verb, slang(1 words)

Intj, name, noun, verb, slang(2 words)

Intj, noun, prep, verb, slang(1 words)

Verb, slang(7 words)

destroy go for bulldoze pitch into come down on come at lay into

Adv, name, noun, verb, slang(1 words)

Name, noun, slang(1 words)

Adj, verb, slang(1 words)

Noun, slang(3 words)

violation butchery hold-up

Intj, verb, slang(1 words)

General use (178)

Verb(40 words)

round attack rape violate beset outrage engage snipe ravish dishonor molest set on run against terrorize bear upon tamp besiege fall upon assail lay hands on

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go at vandalize brutalize light into lay waste bushwhack pillaging dishonour set upon fall on descend upon run at barbarize land on assailing gang up on descend on take the offensive laying waste lash out

Noun(46 words)

strike attack offensive reflection rape violation diversion implication onset offense attempt involvement infiltration onslaught aggression contumely citation ravishment invasion execration

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Name, noun, verb(9 words)

force press storm slaughter goad smite bunt bombard sortie

Noun, verb(37 words)

ruin crowd abuse jog thrust wreck descend carry on beating rant nudge censure harm rating hurtle onset violence resist joggle raid

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pillage tirade bruise overkill ambush massacre skirmish rampage counterattack sacking looting mugging blackening battering berating rioting jawing

Adj, noun(4 words)

offensive invective breakthrough counteroffensive

Intj, verb(1 words)

Adj, name, noun, verb(1 words)

Intj, name, noun, verb(1 words)

Adj, noun, verb(1 words)

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crippling attack dead set at descent on flank attack frontal attack gas attack head-on attack mass attack panzer warfare unprovoked assault bitter words sowing with salt

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