Antonyms for attacking
| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : uh-tak |
| Phonetic Transcription : əˈtæk |
Definition of attacking
Origin :- c.1600, from French attaquer (16c.), from Florentine Italian attaccare (battaglia) "join (battle)," thus the word is a doublet of attach, which was used 15c.-17c. also in the sense now reserved to attack. Related: Attacked; attacking.
- verb assault physically
- verb assault verbally
- verb set to work
- The right of their position was nearest the attacking force.
- Extract from : « The Raid From Beausejour; And How The Carter Boys Lifted The Mortgage » by Charles G. D. Roberts
- And if you ask as friends, you have done us bitter wrong, by attacking us unprovoked.
- Extract from : « Stories from Thucydides » by H. L. Havell
- The sensibilities of the class you are attacking are soon blunted.
- Extract from : « The Secret Agent » by Joseph Conrad
- But on the attacking side the fight has brought terrible losses to Finn's men.
- Extract from : « Beowulf » by Unknown
- Menendez lost no time in attacking the Huguenot colonists of Carolina.
- Extract from : « The Nation in a Nutshell » by George Makepeace Towle
- The latter were afraid of him, while he merely refrained from attacking them.
- Extract from : « White Fang » by Jack London
- Besides, the wolves would not find their account in attacking them in herds.
- Extract from : « The History of Louisiana » by Le Page Du Pratz
- I may say that he has always a hearty manner of attacking his soup.
- Extract from : « Ruggles of Red Gap » by Harry Leon Wilson
- He had tasted their hot breath once when attacking the ranch in his Star Devil.
- Extract from : « The Bluff of the Hawk » by Anthony Gilmore
- An attacking party of five hundred was slain north of the town.
- Extract from : « The Story of the Great War, Volume III (of VIII) » by Various
Synonyms for attacking
- abuse
- advance
- aggress
- ambush
- assail
- assault
- bash
- bat
- bean
- beat
- berate
- beset
- besiege
- biff
- blame
- blast
- blister
- blitz
- boff
- bombard
- boot
- bop
- brain
- buckle down
- bust
- censure
- charge
- chop down
- clip
- clock
- club
- combat
- cook
- criticize
- deal with
- dive into
- harm
- hit
- hurt
- impugn
- infiltrate
- invade
- jump
- jump down one's throat
- jump on one's case
- kick
- knock block off
- knock cold
- knock for a loop
- larrup
- lay into
- lay siege to
- light into
- malign
- molest
- mug
- overwhelm
- plunge into
- pounce upon
- punch
- raid
- refute
- reprove
- revile
- rush
- set to
- set upon
- shoot down
- slog
- soak
- stab
- start in on
- storm
- stretch
- strike
- tackle
- take the offensive
- take up
- tear into
- turn on
- vilify
- wallop
- whop
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