What is another word for attack?

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hat trick, affect, barb, affray, tear into, whale at, air raid, counterattack, champ, rough up, set about, ops, minimization, bushwhack, zero hour, hammer away at, thrashing, surgical strike, counterblow, whop, accusatorial, criminate, the Blitz, ticking off, Indicter, calumnious, clout, winner, scorecard, ambuscade, bellicosity, bellicoseness, Besiegement, go at someone, goalkeeping, goal, talking to, first strike, incrimination, tanning, bash, tiebreaker, Assailment, goaltending, Denouncer, pugnacity, goon, opener, dive-bomb, calumniate, accusatory, hooligan, gang up on, Calumniation, unbeaten, bombing, denunciative, militancy, nuke, asperse, air strike, backbite, roughneck, bayonet, reproof, pugnaciousness, denunciatory, Pot shot, bum rap, besmirch, scoreline, character assassination, rattle up, derogation, combativeness, scoreboard, excruciate, revenge, recrimination, counteroffensive, pull away, apologia, Assailer, donnybrook, put away, Bashing, deprecation, modus operandi, teargas, inculpate, pounding, truculency, stinging, astringent, detonate, bomb scare, denouncement, acidic, goalless, game point, undecided, salvo, belittlement, militance, belligerence, nil, scoreless, biff, pegboard, join battle, aggressiveness, hatchet job, brickbat, occupation, ruction, work over, beleaguerment, defendable, mordacious, stricture, truculence, bitch out, claw, carpet bomb, diatribe, dig in, telling-off, gorilla, coercive, combative, admonition, bop, shoot at, undermining, clobber, contumely, tongue-lashing, criticism, goal difference, denigrate, blitz, putdown, whispering campaign, traducement, toughie, vilification, clunk, assaulter, denigration, blow up, lick, rocket, toss, safeguard, cloud, trap, smack, acerbic, harbor, trimming, jump, occupy, sanctuary, even, contentious, down, HIT, trim, drop, rush, tight, ward, force, course, spell, dress, aggregate, sail, seize, vindicate, seizure, invest, take, beat, bust, catch, score, sharp, pitch, tell, get, call, make, rough, line, have, recriminating, bring charges, let have it, framing, name, lay at door, recriminate, point finger at, hang something on, indict, Summoned, Slurring, file claim, lodge complaint, blow whistle, hold accountable, serve summons, litigate, irruption, lay for, cannonade, pick on, ridden, fall upon, rung, Infesting, Girdled, encircled, give a hard time, drive up the wall, be set, nag, over-runs, fell on, give the business, put squeeze on, give a bad time, fell upon, Girdling, put the squeeze on, start in on, infests, give one the business, over-run, environ, give the needle, shut in, work on, working on, worked on, blockaded, blockading, worked over, working over, come at from all sides, hem in, blotching, rip up and down, give a black eye, smudge, blotched, ripping, do a number on, do number on, tarnishes, give black eye, ripped down, maligned, badmouth, blitzkrieg, napalmed, strafed, strafing, blitzed, strafe, napalm, blitzing, prangs, zeroed in, pranged, napalming, napalms, torpedoing, rain destruction, torpedo, strafes, torpedoed, prang, Torpedoes, shelled, cannonaded, zero in, hold forth, Mouthing, pile it on, Mouthed, soapboxes, holding forth, piling on, pile on, blow hot air, spout, bloviate, spieling, held forth, talk big, spieled, spoke, soapbox, smite, Scarfing, eating, Lunched, eaten, snacked, peck at, breakfasted, gobbled up, take food, take nourishment, have a bite, partakes of, partake of, gobble up, have a meal, had a bite, Breakfasting, banqueting, chow down, make pig of oneself, taking nourishment, feast upon, lunch, taking food, lunching, Scarfed, nosh, have for, Banqueted, had a meal, Gorging, feasts upon, snacking, having a meal, pork out, blistered, lay on, campaign, call in question, counterattacked, turn the tables, counterattacking, search out, stand up to, oppugn, not countenance, counter-attack, take a stand, fly in the face of, stand to, counter-attacks, run counter to, standing to, frown at, fly in face of, face down, turned the tables, stood up to, searched out, not countenanced, searching out, take issue, speak against, join in, getting going, hop it, jump in, joining in, co-operates, got going, contribute work, hop to it, get cracking, pitch in, teed off, co-operated, go to it, tee off, do one's bit, co-operating, get going, co-operate, plunge into, Volunteering, help; get busy, joined in, lend a hand, maraud, spoliation, rail, Railed, objurate, bollixed, put out of action, vandalize, bollixing, taking out, throw a monkey wrench into, bollix, took out, put out of commission, be little, run smear campaign, muckraked, muckraking, muckrake, cast slur on, strumpet, blacken name, give a bad name, cast a slur on, strumpeting, sling mud, embarked upon, bang away at, take a shot at, devoted to, bring to the ground, throwing down, take hold of, take in hand, put the freeze on, try for size, start ball rolling, throw down, give a try, downing, Downs, downed, try on for size, devote oneself to, embark upon, start the ball rolling, engage in, apply oneself, go for it, turn to, devote to, turn one's hand to, engaged in, bring down on, forced upon, descend upon, force upon, lay wait, lie in wait, lying in wait, pounce on, lay in wait, swoop down on, concern oneself, gnaw at, bite one's nails, worried, Dunned, sweating out, sweat out, feel uneasy, have qualms, Dunning, biting one's nails, bite nails, DUNS, biting nails, dun, visitation, delivery, access, grip, ictus, stroke, paroxysm, denounce, remonstrance, denunciation, blame, lecture, libel, reproach, quibble, harangue, go at, pitch into, swoop, have at, fall on, sail into, work, sail in, wade in, come at, ambush, go for, fly at, mug, strike at, episode, breakout, surge, twinge, spurt, impulse, flash, flush, outburst, carve up, bomb out, castigate, take/bring/hold someone to task, tear someone/something to pieces/shreds, start, take over, get around to, go to, dive in, get down to, begin, start on, take up, onrush, attack, onset, onslaught, aggress, disease, approach, intervention, assail, assault, furor, battle, bombardment, fire, aggression, tone-beginning, foray, tirade, invasion, snipe, plan of attack, flak, warfare, lash out, riot, outbreak, raid, set on, bloodshed, offensive, flack, siege, barrage, offense, sortie, round, attempt, charge, all gots, all one's gots, ones level bests, tryout, all one gots, all got, ones darnedests, one's darnedest, one's all, one's level bests, one's level best, ones darnedest, one darnedests, one alls, all ones gots, under-taking, pursuits, ones alls, under-takings, one all, under taking, one's alls, under takings, one level best, all one got, all one's got, one darnedest, header, ones all, one level bests, all ones got, ones level best, one's darnedests, de luges, streams, torrents, de-luge, de luge, de-luges, jumpings, hate crimes, houndings, bias crime, hate crime, beating ups, bias crimes, thumpings, muggings, strife, encounter, havoc, blitzkreig, scrimmage, significant contact, besiegings, overall views, plan attack, broad views, overall view, master plan, broad view, big-picture, reprehension, impeachment, inculpation, objurgations, exprobation, objurgation, recriminations, chidings, impeachments, reprobation, imputation, Epilepsies, epilepsy, algospasms, algospasm, convulsion, fight, disability, infirmity, unhealthiness, collapse, queasiness, curse, Sickliness, ague, affection, breakdown, decrepitude, syndrome, complication, fever, infliction, debility, handicap, virus, pestilence, symptom, indisposition, apoplexy, malaise, disorder, malady, infection, sickness, complaint, spasm, bug, feverishness, nausea, condition, ailment, big picture, tilt, resistance, cannonadings, crossfires, ex-plosion, crossfire, Cannonading, ex plosions, Sniping, shellings, cross fires, shelling, bombardings, cross fire, ex plosion, ex-plosions, cross-fires, cross-fire, snipings, volley, out-break, out-breaks, out breaks, epileptic attacks, spate, epileptic attack, out break, de-predation, in roads, de scents, de predations, de predation, de-scents, de scent, de-predations, in road, de-scent, in-roads, in-road, open fire, relapse, bout, incursion, infiltration, infiltrations, military occupation, armed intrusion, foreign rule, enterings, subjugations, foreign rules, subjugation, offence, swiftness, hastiness, outpouring, gust, hysterics, hysteric, fumings, frothings, frothing, battery, defilement, inroad, mugging, Assailing, push, drive, Storming, violation, advance, encroachment, dirty deed, initiative, intrusion, skirmish, works, forcings, thrustings, drivings, shovings, exertings, strainings, re probations, re probation, re-probation, re-probations, counterplay, counterinsurgency, ruthlessness, avengment, spitefulness, counter blow, ruffled-feathers, dudgeon, turn, surprise, Broadsides, broadside, Rabidity, rampancies, out-cry, Rampancy, out cries, out-cries, rabidities, drumfires, drumfire, throe, failure, Astoundment, eye-openers, bombshells, thunderbolt, eureka, suddenness, epiphanies, thunderbolts, whammy, curveball, eye-opener, precipitousness, bombshell, set-tos, set-to, tourney, setto, set tos, settos, abuse, calumny, Impugnment, fury, broil, commotion, ferocity, atrocity, wildness, frenzy, violence, inhumanity, vandalism, savagery, fracas, brutishness, insurrection, thuggery, rage, terrorism, turmoil, brutality, outrage, fierceness, uproar, brawl, intensity, vehemence, torture, barbarity, destructiveness, fall upons, taking unawares, in dict, be-trays, in-dict, filed claim, hanging something on, serves summons, laying at door, laid door, files claim, recriminated, brings charges, recriminates, be trays, lodges complaint, lets have it, be tray, points finger at, bringing charges, re criminated, re criminate, re criminating, re-criminates, hanged something on, lays door, hangs something on, brought charges, pointing finger at, holding accountable, lay door, letted have it, lodged complaint, be-tray, filing claim, pointed finger at, serving summons, lodging complaint, re-criminating, laying door, hung something on, re-criminated, lays at door, laid at door, served summons, held accountable, re criminates, re-criminate, letting have it, holds accountable, boot, clock, lay siege to, bean, chop down, bombard, turn on, overwhelm, knock cold, soak, slog, wallop, infiltrate, harm, combat, pounce upon, blister, storm, take the offensive, cook, knock block off, larrup, knock for a loop, invade, brain, clip, hurt, bat, stab, kick, club, boff, punch, malign, refute, criticize, lay into, stretch, jump down one's throat, berate, jump on one's case, reprove, pound, lunge, trounce, savage, batter, flay, slash, violate, scorch, hammer, go limit, tried one hand at, goes limit, gives fling, gives go, having crack, gives it a try, giving it go, trying ones hand at, giving it a try, tried ones hand at, going limit, give whirl, giving go, dost level best, give try, under took, gives it go, having a crack, giving fling, gives a fling, does level best, gives old college try, hast crack, gave it a try, tries one hand at, gave it try, has go at, shooting works, giving a whirl, gives a whirl, taking best shot, under take, made a run at, doing level best, haddest crack, takes a stab at, hast a go at, shot the works, gave a fling, going the limit, doth level best, giving try, giving whirl, gave fling, exerting oneself, had go at, shoots works, under takes, giving old college try, haddest a crack, giving a fling, tries one's hand at, make run at, gives try, went limit, makes a run at, gave best shot, tries hand at, hadst a go at, shooting the works, trying one's hand at, under-take, has crack, trying hand at, hadst a crack, have crack, try ones hand at, haddest go at, shoots the works, takes best shot, gave go, haddest a go at, took stab at, having go at, didst level best, giving it a go, takes stab at, did level best, trying one hand at, under-taken, gave it go, gives a go, makes run at, having a go at, gave a whirl, gives whirl, hadst go at, shoot works, hadst crack, under taken, exerted oneself, tries ones hand at, took best shot, under-takes, goes the limit, gives best shot, have go at, has a go at, took a stab at, give it try, gave it a go, hath go at, gives a try, had crack, gives it try, making a run at, hast a crack, doeth level best, gave try, gave old college try, has a crack, tried one's hand at, giving a try, hast go at, shot works, hath crack, tried hand at, hath a go at, giving best shot, hath a crack, try one hand at, had a crack, making run at, gave a go, gives it a go, had a go at, taking a stab at, gave a try, gave whirl, exerts oneself, went the limit, take stab at, give it go, doest level best, give fling, under-took, giving it try, made run at, taking stab at, give go, doth over, didst over, did over, doeth over, doing over, doest over, dost over, does over, gives one business, jumped case, be-deviling, driving the wall, giving needle, be-leaguer, driving wall, gave one the business, fall up on, drave up wall, be leaguers, puts squeeze on, be-leaguered, fell up on, jumping on one case, giving one business, jumped on ones case, jumped one's case, jumped one case, be-sets, drives wall, be leaguering, gave the business, give needle, driving up wall, sur rounded, over runs, be devilling, driving up the wall, drives the wall, jumping on ones case, gives a hard time, jumps ones case, giving business, be-leaguers, jump case, drove the wall, be-setting, giving the needle, jumps on one case, drove wall, over running, gives one the business, give hard time, gave a hard time, jumped on one case, be deviling, be-leaguering, jumped on one's case, be leaguer, drove up wall, gives hard time, jump on one case, be-devils, started on, giving the business, jumping case, jumping one case, falling upon, be devils, jump one's case, falling on, jumping on one's case, giving one the business, gives business, drives up the wall, giving hard time, falling up on, jumps one case, be-devilled, drive up wall, starts on, started in on, giving a hard time, be devil, jumps on ones case, drave wall, gave one business, drive the wall, jump on ones case, gives bad time, be leaguered, putting squeeze on, over-running, giving a bad time, drives up wall, jumping ones case, be-deviled, gave a bad time, over run, be deviled, drave up the wall, gives needle, falls upon, gave needle, jumped on case, give business, gave the needle, be-set, gives the business, putting the squeeze on, give one business, jumping on case, jumps on one's case, sur-rounded, be sets, starts in on, drive wall, jumping one's case, falls on, give bad time, be devilled, be-devilling, be setting, gave business, be-devil, starting on, gave hard time, falls up on, drove up the wall, sur-rounding, jumped ones case, jumps case, jump on case, picks on, gives the needle, gave bad time, jump one case, jump ones case, gives a bad time, starting in on, jumps one's case, puts the squeeze on, drave the wall, jumps on case, sur rounding, giving bad time, comes at from sides, be sieged, works over, be-sieges, be sieging, in vest, in vested, be-sieging, wrought on, coming at from sides, came from all sides, comes from sides, came at from sides, shutting in, come from all sides, shuts in, lays siege to, come from sides, in-vest, in vests, be-sieged, works on, came at from all sides, come at from sides, in-vested, laying siege to, in vesting, in-vesting, be sieges, laid siege to, be siege, comes at from all sides, be-siege, came from sides, coming at from all sides, comes from all sides, coming from all sides, wrought over, in-vests, coming from sides, dis honors, de crying, doth number on, de filing, dis honor, gave a black eye, de-filing, ripped up and down, rips up and down, de-crying, giving a black eye, ripped and down, dis-honoring, de faming, de-cry, gives black eye, de-files, dost number on, dost a number on, de-fame, doing number on, rips up down, didst number on, did number on, does number on, dis-honor, ripping down, de file, doeth number on, de famed, de-cried, dis honoring, didst a number on, does a number on, doing a number on, bad mouth, de-filed, dis-honored, de files, ripping up and down, de-famed, rips and down, de cry, doeth a number on, rip and down, de-faming, gave black eye, ripping and down, doest number on, doest a number on, doth a number on, dis-honors, gives a black eye, ripped up down, rips down, ripping up down, de-file, rip down, de fames, dis honored, de-cries, de-fames, de fame, de cried, de cries, de filed, rip up down, did a number on, giving black eye, railed at, lashed out at, lashes out at, railing at, lashing out at, rails at, de stroyed, de-stroyed, de-stroys, rains destruction, pranging, de stroying, zeroing in, raining destruction, de stroy, de stroys, zeroes in, de-stroy, de-stroying, rained destruction, be rated, ex-probates, re-proving, finding fault with, exprobating, be-rates, dis-approved, be rates, exprobated, gets after, up-braid, re-proved, up-braided, re buffed, re proved, looked askance, re buffs, dis-approves, ex probated, picking apart, got after, ex probating, re-buffed, dis-approving, tare apart, be rating, be-rate, gotten after, looks askance, re-buffing, carps at, carped at, dis-approve, taking to task, be-rating, picks apart, dis approve, take task, ex-probating, picked apart, found fault with, ex probates, up braided, re prove, re proves, re-buffs, dis approves, ex probate, re-buff, getting after, be-rated, up braids, took task, re-proves, up-braiding, up-braids, re buffing, dis approved, carping at, dis approving, exprobates, re proving, pulled apart, tears apart, ex-probate, finds fault with, took to task, takes task, gat after, be rate, ex-probated, re buff, reads out, takes to task, looking askance, up braid, taking task, re-prove, pulling apart, glommed onto, bear hugged, bear hugging, glomming onto, colled, gloms onto, landed on, jumps on, lands on, landing on, jumping on, come blows, be moaned, dis-agrees, making fuss, ex postulates, ex postulated, be wailing, dis agree, be moaning, dis-sents, ex-postulates, takes exception to, makes fuss, taking exception to, kicking fuss, kicks fuss, finding fault, kicking up fuss, dis agreed, dis sent, kicked a fuss, finds fault, dis-agree, made a fuss, dis agreeing, re-pine, be moans, be wail, found fault, kick fuss, made fuss, be-moaning, be-moan, be-wails, re pined, be wails, kicked fuss, be-moans, pro testing, dis-sent, kick up fuss, ex-postulate, dis sents, sounding off, kicks a fuss, kicks up a fuss, make fuss, be-wailed, dis agrees, kicks up fuss, ex-postulating, be wailed, sounds off, re-pines, making a fuss, took exception to, re pines, kicking up a fuss, be-wail, be-moaned, be-wailing, ex postulate, re pining, kicked up a fuss, re-pined, dis-agreed, ex postulating, re-pining, pro-tested, ex-postulated, be moan, dis-agreeing, kicking a fuss, pro tested, pro-testing, kick a fuss, sounded off, re pine, makes a fuss, kicked up fuss, putting on gloves, knuckled with, de fends, putting up dukes, duelled, putting gloves, de fending, putting dukes, setting to, knuckling with, puts gloves, lays a finger on, lays out, de-fends, fought over, sets to, gang upon, de-fending, with stands, put gloves, knuckles with, with-stands, put dukes, puts up dukes, rumpusses, squares off, fighting over, puts dukes, de-fended, de fended, puts on gloves, laying a finger on, laying finger on, with stood, with standing, laid a finger on, with-stand, with-standing, gang on, de-fend, fights over, lays finger on, de fend, with stand, laid finger on, ex-communicate, inveigles against, objects to, pro scribes, ex-communicating, ex communicating, crying down, pro-scribed, ex-communicates, denunciates, drats, objected to, complained of, thundered against, re vile, denunciated, thunders against, casts out, dratting, cried down, denunciating, thundering against, pro scribed, complaining of, fulminating against, complains of, re-vile, inveigled against, fulminates against

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