What is another word for assault?
987 synonyms foundPronunciation:
[ ɐsˈɒlt], [ ɐsˈɒlt], [ ɐ_s_ˈɒ_l_t]Table of Contents
Similar words for assault:- act (noun)
- aggression (noun)
- assailment (noun)
- assault (noun)
- attack (noun)
- barrage (noun)
- bashing (noun)
- battle (noun)
- blitz (noun)
- charge (noun)
- crime (noun)
- felony (noun)
- invasion (noun)
- lash out (noun)
- offense (noun)
- onset (noun)
- push (noun)
- raid (noun)
- round (noun)
- ruffled feathers (noun)
- set on (noun)
- snipe (noun)
- storm (noun)
- violation (noun)
- violence (noun)
- aggress (verb)
- ambush (verb)
- assail (verb)
- attack (verb)
- batter (verb)
- charge (verb)
- come at (verb)
- come to blows (verb)
- deflower (verb)
- engage (verb)
- fight (verb)
- force (verb)
- go for (verb)
- invade (verb)
- mug (verb)
- oppose (verb)
- raid (verb)
- resist (verb)
- storm (verb)
- strike (verb)
- strong-arm (verb)
- thresh (verb)
- thrust (verb)
- violate (verb)
- withstand, oppose (verb)
- other synonyms
- aggress
- ambush
- attack
- go for
- oppose
- resist
- startle
- strong-arm
- thresh
Synonyms for Assault:
n.
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- pitch into,
- denunciation,
- lecture,
- sail into,
- remonstrance,
- talking to,
- go at,
- light into,
- harangue,
- reproach,
- diatribe,
- criticism,
- quibble.
- onslaught,
- bombard,
- mugging,
- act of aggression,
- beat up,
- HIT,
- GBH,
- interfere with,
- molestation,
- Storming,
- charge,
- abuse,
- grievous bodily harm.
- over stepping,
- in-fraction,
- in fraction,
- in-filtration,
- oversteppings,
- in filtration,
- in-fractions,
- in-filtrations,
- in filtrations,
- in fractions,
- over-stepping,
- forced entrances.
- de-scents,
- shootups,
- breakin,
- hit-and-runs,
- de-scent,
- de scents,
- hit and run,
- hit and runs,
- tipovers,
- de scent.
- out-burst,
- out-cry,
- drumfires,
- out-cries,
- out cries,
- out bursts,
- rampancies,
- out-bursts,
- rabidities,
- out burst.
v.
•aggress (verb) •ambush (verb)- de-coys,
- de coying,
- sets trap,
- sur-rounding,
- lays for,
- sur rounded,
- sur prising,
- de coys,
- japped,
- japping,
- de-coy,
- laid for,
- boxing in,
- sur prise,
- de-coyed,
- sur-prising,
- de-coying,
- sur rounding,
- de coy,
- boxed in,
- laying for,
- sur-prise,
- de coyed,
- setting trap,
- sur-prises,
- sur-prised,
- sur prises,
- sur-rounded.
- be-rating,
- be sets,
- has at,
- wrought over,
- hadst at,
- re vile,
- lay in to,
- be setting,
- be-set,
- be-sets,
- be-rate,
- be-setting,
- be rated,
- hath at,
- be-rated,
- setting upon,
- be-rates,
- re-vile,
- be rates,
- be rate,
- haddest at,
- set up on,
- be rating,
- hast at,
- setting up on,
- sets up on,
- having at,
- works over.
- savage,
- scarify,
- zap,
- slam,
- hammer,
- trash,
- ruin,
- trounce,
- scathe,
- scorch,
- come down on,
- bash,
- beset,
- lash,
- jump down one's throat,
- flay,
- blast,
- lunge,
- let have it,
- jump on one's case,
- slap around,
- harry,
- haul off on,
- shoot down,
- slash,
- pound.
- de-faces,
- de faced,
- de stroying,
- de-stroys,
- dis figured,
- dis-figure,
- de stroys,
- dis figuring,
- de-stroying,
- de-stroy,
- de-stroyed,
- de-face,
- de stroy,
- de faces,
- dis-figured,
- de face,
- dis figure,
- dis-figures,
- de stroyed,
- dis-figuring,
- dis figures,
- de-faced.
- falling upon,
- fall up on,
- falls up on,
- flew at,
- falls upon,
- flying at,
- falling up on,
- flies at,
- fell up on.
- de-filed,
- out-rages,
- de-flowering,
- de-spoils,
- de filed,
- de spoiling,
- out-raging,
- de-files,
- de spoiled,
- de-spoiled,
- deflorated,
- de-flowered,
- de files,
- de predate,
- de file,
- de-predating,
- de flowers,
- de filing,
- de flowered,
- de-predates,
- de flowering,
- de spoils,
- de-predated,
- de-predate,
- out rages,
- de predated,
- de flower,
- de-spoiling,
- de predating,
- de-filing,
- de predates,
- de-file,
- out raging,
- out-raged,
- de-flower,
- de spoil,
- out-rage,
- deflorates,
- de-spoil,
- deflorating,
- de-flowers,
- out raged.
- falling on,
- doeth battle with,
- joined battle with,
- falls on,
- doth battle with,
- joining battle with,
- did battle with,
- doest battle with,
- gave battle to,
- does battle with,
- doing battle with,
- didst battle with,
- giving battle to,
- gives battle to,
- dost battle with,
- joins battle with.
- mixes it up,
- exchanges blows,
- didst battle,
- rowdying,
- took comers,
- take field,
- carrying war,
- took up the gauntlet,
- going to war,
- plied weapons,
- carries war,
- rowdied,
- takes the gauntlet,
- duelled,
- dost battle,
- takes all comers,
- takes gauntlet,
- go war,
- taking the field,
- plies weapons,
- with stand,
- wages war,
- taking up the gauntlet,
- with-stand,
- took all comers,
- with-standing,
- went war,
- went to war,
- going war,
- doest battle,
- take up gauntlet,
- bandying with,
- took up gauntlet,
- took the gauntlet,
- plying weapons,
- takes up the gauntlet,
- took the field,
- does battle,
- taking the gauntlet,
- taking up gauntlet,
- with-stands,
- take gauntlet,
- goes war,
- with standing,
- flaring up,
- exchanged blows,
- takes the field,
- flared up,
- goes to war,
- took field,
- bandied with,
- take comers,
- doeth battle,
- takes comers,
- brushed with,
- did battle,
- mixt it up,
- brushing with,
- taking gauntlet,
- carried on war,
- doth battle,
- with stood,
- taking field,
- carries on war,
- bandies with,
- carried war,
- takes up gauntlet,
- waged war,
- taking all comers,
- brushes with,
- take the gauntlet,
- exchanging blows,
- takes field,
- carrying on war,
- taking comers,
- with stands,
- carry war,
- mixing it up,
- took gauntlet,
- mixed it up.
- cracks open,
- un-doing,
- busts open,
- un done,
- un did,
- brake open,
- breaking open,
- ex-tort,
- ex tort,
- ex torts,
- un does,
- un-did,
- un-does,
- ex-torts,
- busted open,
- busting open,
- cracking open,
- un doing,
- breaks open.
- rushes up on,
- runs at,
- springing at,
- rushes upon,
- rushed upon,
- springs at,
- launched at,
- running at,
- rushing up on,
- launching at,
- rush up on,
- launches at,
- sprang at,
- rushing upon,
- rushed up on,
- sprung at.
- inter fere,
- over swarmed,
- in fringed,
- in roads,
- inter-feres,
- over-swarmed,
- inter feres,
- descends upon,
- descended up on,
- in-fringes,
- over-swarm,
- bursting in,
- muscling in,
- in-fringed,
- in road,
- over-spreading,
- muscles in,
- bursts in,
- over-swarms,
- in fringe,
- made inroads,
- making inroads,
- descending upon,
- over-spread,
- bursted in,
- in-road,
- swarming over,
- inter-fere,
- in-roads,
- in fringes,
- over swarming,
- in-fringe,
- over spreads,
- descended upon,
- descends up on,
- over-spreads,
- descending up on,
- swarms over,
- over-swarming,
- overswarmed,
- over swarm,
- descend up on,
- makes inroads,
- over spreading,
- swarmed over,
- over running,
- muscled in,
- over runs,
- overswarms,
- over swarms.
- purse snatch,
- pursesnatching,
- purse-snatched,
- purse-snatches,
- sticked up,
- pursesnatches,
- purse snatches,
- pursesnatch,
- pursesnatched,
- purse snatched,
- purse snatching.
- faced down,
- flying in the face of,
- de bates,
- spake against,
- faces down,
- call question,
- dis-approve,
- dis agree,
- ex-posed,
- ex-posing,
- turn tables,
- dis-agreed,
- dis-approving,
- called question,
- flew in the face of,
- de-bate,
- counter-attacked,
- frowning at,
- counter attack,
- searches out,
- dis-approves,
- pre-vent,
- flies the face of,
- re-versed,
- taking issue,
- called in question,
- turns the tables,
- dis agrees,
- de-bates,
- pre vent,
- stood to,
- dis-agree,
- turning tables,
- pre-venting,
- taking a stand,
- fly the face of,
- dis approving,
- flying in face of,
- de bating,
- stands to,
- turns tables,
- not countenancing,
- pro tested,
- pre venting,
- running counter to,
- re versing,
- de-bating,
- dis agreeing,
- flies in the face of,
- took issue,
- re-verse,
- took a stand,
- takes stand,
- flying face of,
- dis approve,
- ran counter to,
- calls question,
- take stand,
- calling in question,
- flew the face of,
- pre-vented,
- turned tables,
- pre-vents,
- spoke against,
- calls in question,
- speaking against,
- took stand,
- de bated,
- standing up to,
- ex pose,
- counter-attacking,
- dis approves,
- dis-agrees,
- facing down,
- frowns at,
- de bate,
- runs counter to,
- pro-tested,
- flying the face of,
- flies face of,
- fly face of,
- pre vents,
- frowned at,
- not countenances,
- ex posed,
- taking stand,
- re verse,
- counter attacks,
- speaks against,
- pro-testing,
- de-bated,
- takes issue,
- dis agreed,
- counter attacking,
- dis approved,
- flew face of,
- counter attacked,
- dis-approved,
- ex-pose,
- flew in face of,
- pro testing,
- takes a stand,
- dis-agreeing,
- calling question,
- stands up to.
- firing on,
- leans against,
- descending on,
- tipping over,
- leant against,
- leaning against,
- knocks over,
- fired on,
- fires on,
- knocking over,
- leans on,
- marches on,
- descends on,
- marching on,
- leaned on,
- leaned against,
- leant on,
- descended on,
- tips over,
- marched on.
- holding out against,
- dies hard,
- counter acted,
- counter acts,
- putting up fight,
- dying hard,
- struggling against,
- abstaining from,
- counter-vailed,
- counter-acting,
- counter act,
- put fight,
- re maining,
- re mained,
- puts a fight,
- dieing hard,
- leaves alone,
- puts up fight,
- re-mains,
- put a fight,
- remained firm,
- leaved alone,
- leaving alone,
- struggled against,
- counter vailed,
- kept from,
- counter-vails,
- counter-acted,
- re fuse,
- counter vails,
- puts up a fight,
- putting fight,
- re fused,
- counter acting,
- putting a fight,
- counter vail,
- re-main,
- counter-vail,
- keeping from,
- re main,
- re mains,
- counter-act,
- puts fight,
- died hard,
- re-fused,
- counter-acts,
- counter vailing,
- struggles against,
- remaining firm,
- re fuses,
- abstained from,
- counter-vailing,
- keeps from,
- putting up a fight,
- re-fuse,
- remains firm,
- re fusing.
- breathed fire,
- takes by storm,
- blowing violently,
- burns up,
- sets in,
- burnt up,
- sounding off,
- took by storm,
- steams up,
- blew violently,
- setting in,
- sounds off,
- breathes fire,
- blows violently.
- dealing blow,
- deal blow,
- deals a blow,
- dealt blow,
- deals blow,
- ex-cruciate,
- dealing a blow,
- ex cruciate,
- dealt a blow.
- be labors,
- be labored,
- be-laboring,
- be-labors,
- be laboring,
- rains blows on,
- be-labored,
- rained blows on,
- raining blows on,
- be-labor,
- be labor.
- pushing forward,
- poured on,
- pours on,
- trans-fixt,
- trans fixed,
- trans fixt,
- trans-fixes,
- trans-fixing,
- pouring on,
- trans fixes,
- pouring it on,
- poured it on,
- trans fix.
Other synonyms:
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- onrush,
- sense organ,
- reconnaissance,
- disorderly conduct,
- domestic violence,
- perceive,
- asymmetrical warfare,
- dogfight,
- campaign,
- arms,
- cyberwar,
- kinaesthetic,
- Assailment,
- weapon,
- lay into,
- hammer away at,
- sensory,
- weaponry,
- projectile,
- attrition,
- biowarfare,
- shelling,
- munitions,
- arson,
- sensuous,
- hostility,
- armament,
- tear into,
- go for,
- clobber,
- assault and battery,
- gender violence,
- amphibious,
- counterattack,
- materiel,
- tanning,
- expedition,
- civil war,
- pounding,
- Skirmishing,
- holocaust,
- claw,
- engagement,
- unarmed combat,
- skirmish,
- trench warfare,
- landing,
- pincer movement,
- ambush,
- stranger crime,
- rough up,
- asymmetric warfare,
- staging area,
- OP,
- firepower,
- sentient,
- go at someone,
- set about,
- council of war,
- war council,
- do over,
- air cover,
- pitched battle,
- salvo,
- world war,
- incitement,
- counteroffensive,
- distinguish.
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- armory,
- maneuver,
- strike back,
- swoop,
- come at,
- arsenal,
- smell,
- manhandle,
- sensation,
- armed,
- artillery,
- mug,
- missile,
- deterrent,
- lambaste,
- belabor,
- perception,
- keen,
- drub,
- capability,
- ammunition,
- shot,
- kidnap,
- ordnance,
- pummel.
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- descent,
- withdrawal,
- buffet,
- instrument,
- strike at,
- attempt.
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- thrash,
- turn on,
- baste,
- strike out,
- thresh.
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- action.
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- pitch.
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- get.
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- have.
- boxes in,
- lay for,
- waylay,
- JAPS,
- set trap,
- bushwhack,
- jap,
- ensnared,
- hem in,
- Entrapped,
- dry gulch,
- box in.
- Braining,
- knock cold,
- whops,
- turning on,
- whopped,
- chopped down,
- beaning,
- larrup,
- Larruped,
- Larruping,
- wallop,
- clocked,
- chop down,
- lay siege to,
- whop,
- pounce upon,
- Brained,
- knock block off,
- clocking,
- aggress,
- overwhelms,
- knock for a loop,
- infiltrate,
- boff,
- larrups,
- knocked for a loop,
- beaned,
- take the offensive.
- call in question,
- searching out,
- stood up to,
- not countenanced,
- counter-attacks,
- not countenance,
- run counter to,
- face down,
- turned the tables,
- fly in the face of,
- counterattacked,
- stand up to,
- searched out,
- frown at,
- standing to,
- take issue,
- fly in face of,
- turn the tables,
- take a stand,
- counterattacking,
- search out,
- speak against,
- counter-attack,
- stand to.
Paraphrases for Assault:
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Forward Entailment
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Adjective
attack.
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Noun, singular or mass
attack.
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Verb, non-3rd person singular present
attack.
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Verb, base form
attack.
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Adjective
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Reverse Entailment
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Noun, singular or mass
Assaulting.
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Noun, singular or mass
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Independent
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Verb, past tense
rested.
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Verb, base form
abuse.
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Verb, past tense
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Other Related
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Adjective
offensive.
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Proper noun, singular
aggression, Aggressions, offensive.
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Noun, singular or mass
onslaught, mugging, aggression, insult, harassment, Storming, incursion, battery, beating, encroachment, assassination, molestation, storm, robbery, wounding, victimization, offensive, injury.
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Verb, non-3rd person singular present
aggression.
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Adjective
Antonyms for Assault:
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n.
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attack
retreat.
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attack
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v.
Homophones for Assault:
- agility, aculeate, asilidae, aglet, age-old, auklet, accolade, acolyte, aiglet, acold, aculeated, aciculate, asexuality, aiguilette, acyl halide, auscultate.
Holonyms for Assault:
Hypernym for Assault:
n.