Synonyms for falls upon
| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : fawl |
| Phonetic Transcription : fɔl |
Top 10 synonyms for falls upon Other synonyms for the word falls upon
- aggress
- ambush
- assail
- attack
- badger
- beset
- blunder upon
- breach
- break in
- bug
- burst
- chance
- chance upon
- charge
- circle
- come across
- come up against
- compass
- cut
- dart
- dash
- deal a blow
- descend on
- despoil
- devastate
- discover
- dive
- dog
- drive
- drive up the wall
- drop
- embarrass
- encircle
- enclose
- encompass
- encounter
- entangle
- environ
- excruciate
- fall on
- fall upon
- find
- fire on
- fly at
- forage
- foray
- girdle
- give a bad time
- give a hard time
- give one the business
- give the needle
- go for
- harass
- harrow
- harry
- hassle
- heat
- hit
- infest
- inroad
- invade
- jab
- jump
- jump on one's case
- knock off
- knock over
- lean against
- lean on
- leap
- light
- light into
- light upon
- loot
- luck
- lurch
- maraud
- march on
- martyr
- meet
- nag
- nudge
- overrun
- perplex
- pester
- pick on
- pirate
- pitch
- plunder
- plunge
- poke
- push
- put the squeeze on
- rack
- rake
- ransack
- ride
- rifle
- ring
- rob
- run across
- rush
- sack
- sally
- sally forth
- set upon
- shell
- slough
- smite
- snatch
- spoliate
- spring
- stab
- start in on
- storm
- strafe
- strike
- stub toe on
- surge
- surround
- sweep
- swoop
- take unawares
- thrust
- tip over
- torment
- torpedo
- torture
- try
- tumble
- turn up
- waste
- wring
Définition of falls upon
Origin :- present participle adjective from fall (v.). Falling star is from 1560s; falling out "disagreement" is from 1560s. Falling evil "epilepsy" is from early 13c.
- As in lunge : verb pounce, dive for
- As in pounce : verb leap at; take by surprise
- As in raid : verb attack, pillage
- As in strike : verb devastate, affect
- As in stumble : verb happen upon
- As in beset : verb plague; hem in
- As in come at : verb attack
- Methinks she will fade into the moonlight, which falls upon her through the window.
- Extract from : « Sylph Etherege » by Nathaniel Hawthorne
- When that falls upon your ears, you will make haste to turn off into the wood.
- Extract from : « Up the Forked River » by Edward Sylvester Ellis
- The animal then falls upon his side, and the blood is let out by the neck.
- Extract from : « Cattle and Their Diseases » by Robert Jennings
- He discovers who I am, he falls upon me with the soldiers, and good-bye to Caballuco.
- Extract from : « Dona Perfecta » by B. Perez Galdos
- We can in no way change the amount of rain that falls upon any part of the earth.
- Extract from : « Conservation Reader » by Harold W. Fairbanks
- And will not this be so when the profoundest sleep of all falls upon the body?
- Extract from : « The Life of the Waiting Soul » by R. E. Sanderson
- The light of the moon, across which a cloud is passing, falls upon him.
- Extract from : « The Temptation of St. Antony » by Gustave Flaubert
- It is the shadow of history that falls upon the disc, not history itself.
- Extract from : « British Quarterly Review, American Edition, Volume LIV » by Various
- Its first steps are so infirm that at every movement it falls upon its knees.
- Extract from : « The Insect » by Jules Michelet
- The refraction of the light that falls upon the surface of the pearl.
- Extract from : « The Reason Why » by Anonymous
Antonyms for falls upon
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