Attacks

//əˈtæks//

Synonyms for "attacks" (598 found)

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Verb(12 words)

aggress assail assault abuse beat beleaguer bepommel beset besiege bombard charge check

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Noun(3 words)

approach attempt blast

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damn declare war decompose decrial decry defamation defy delivery denigrate denigration denounce denunciation deprecate deprecation descend descend on descend upon descent design destroy

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destruction device devour diatribe disease disorder disorderliness disparage disparagement disposition dissolve diurnal epilepsy dive into diversion draw first blood drive eat eclampsia embark in embark upon encompass endeavor engage engage in engage in battle enter on enter upon enterprise enunciation envisagement epilepsia epilepsia gravior epilepsia major epilepsia minor epilepsia mitior epilepsia nutans epilepsia tarda epilepsy epitasis erode erosion excoriate execration fall fall into fall on fall to fall upon falling sickness fashion fay fever fight fighting figuring fire fit flay focal epilepsy foray forcible seizure foresight forethought form frenzy furor fury fustigate game gang up on get busy get cracking get going get under way get with it go go about go at go for go in for go into go on go to it go upon grand mal graphing grip ground plan guideline guidelines guise hammer harass hard words harry haute mal have at hit hit like lightning hop to it hostilities hot war hysterical epilepsy ictus idea impeach implicate implication impugn impugnment incriminate incrimination inculpate inculpation incursion infect infiltration inroad intention invade invasion invective inveigh against invest involve involvement irrupt jacksonian epilepsy jawing jeremiad jingoism jump jump to it killing la guerre lace lambaste land on larval epilepsy laryngeal epilepsy laryngospasm lash latent epilepsy launch forth launch into lay about lay about one lay at

Verb(7 words)

dust up fall on fall upon hit impugn invade lash out

Noun(4 words)

fire flack flak hit

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lay hands on lay into lay on lay waste laying waste layout levy war on light light into line line of action lines lineup lockjaw long-range plan loot looting make make war on malign

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manner manner of working mapping massacre master plan matutinal epilepsy maul means menstrual epilepsy method methodology might of arms militarization military operations mo mobilization mode mode of operation mode of procedure modus operandi molest move into muckraking mudslinging mug mugging murderous insanity musicogenic epilepsy muster myoclonous epilepsy nocturnal epilepsy obstreperousness occlusion offense offensive onset onslaught open hostilities open war operations research oppose order organization orgasm outbreak outburst outrage overkill paroxysm pelt petit mal philippic phonation physiologic epilepsy picture pile pillage pillaging pitch pitch in pitch into plan planning planning function plunge into pounce pounce upon pound practice prearrangement press procedure proceed proceed to proceeding process program program of action pronunciation psychic epilepsy psychokinesia psychomotor epilepsy pugnacity pull push rage raid rail ramp rampage rant rape rating rationalization rave reflection reflex epilepsy reprimand resist resort to arms revile revilement riot rioting roar roast rolandic epilepsy rotatoria rough routine rubbish ruin run against run at rush sack sacking sail into sally savage scarify scathe schedule schema schematism schematization scheme scheme of arrangement scorch screed seize seizure sensory epilepsy serial epilepsy set about set at set forward set going set on set to set to work set upon setup sexual climax shell shock tactics shooting war siege skin alive skirmish slam slander slap slash slaughter smear snap sortie sow chaos sowing with salt spasm spell square up start start in state of war stoppage storm strategic plan strategy strike strike at stroke style surprise swoop down on swoop down upon system systematization tack tackle tactical plan tactics take on take the offensive take up tardy epilepsy tear tear around technique terrorize tetanus tetany the big picture the drill the how the picture the sword the way of throes thromboembolism thrombosis thrust tilt tirade tone tone beginning tongue lashing tongue-lashing tonic epilepsy tonic spasm torsion spasm total war traumatic epilepsy trismus trounce turn turn on turn to ucinate epilepsy undertake unruliness utterance vandalize venture venture upon vilification vilify violate violation violence visit visitation vituperate vituperation vocalization voicing wade into war warfare warmaking warmongering warring wartime waste wasting way wise working plan wreck

Verb(23 words)

lay into lay siege let someone have it light into onfall onset overrun pommel pounce pound round rush savage set on set the dogs upon set upon snipe storm strike strike at

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thrust wap whap

Noun(6 words)

onrush onset onslaught plan of attack spike tone-beginning

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Even if you boss attacks you and tells you to go away, you should make your point.

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The force held out bravely against their enemy's attacks.

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The Supreme Court attacks school segregation.

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How long can we hold out against the superior enemy attacks?

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