cudgelling
ˈkʌdʒ(ə)l
verb
beat with a cudgel.
they would lie in wait and cudgel her to death
bludgeon,club,beat,batter,bash,attack,assault,cosh
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cudgelled
ˈkʌdʒ(ə)l
verb
beat with a cudgel.
they would lie in wait and cudgel her to death
bludgeon,club,beat,batter,bash,attack,assault,cosh
cudgeling
ˈkʌdʒ(ə)l
verb
beat with a cudgel.
they would lie in wait and cudgel her to death
bludgeon,club,beat,batter,bash,attack,assault,cosh
cudgeled
ˈkʌdʒ(ə)l
verb
beat with a cudgel.
they would lie in wait and cudgel her to death
bludgeon,club,beat,batter,bash,attack,assault,cosh
confronts
kənˈfrʌnt
verb
come face to face with (someone) with hostile or argumentative intent.
he confronted the robbers as they were trying to leave
challenge,square up to,oppose,resist,defy,beard,tackle,attack,assault,approach,face up to,face,meet,come face to face with,stand up to,brave,detain,accost,waylay,take aside,stop,halt,collar,nobble
confronting
kənˈfrʌnt
verb
come face to face with (someone) with hostile or argumentative intent.
he confronted the robbers as they were trying to leave
challenge,square up to,oppose,resist,defy,beard,tackle,attack,assault,approach,face up to,face,meet,come face to face with,stand up to,brave,detain,accost,waylay,take aside,stop,halt,collar,nobble
confronted
kənˈfrʌnt
verb
come face to face with (someone) with hostile or argumentative intent.
he confronted the robbers as they were trying to leave
challenge,square up to,oppose,resist,defy,beard,tackle,attack,assault,approach,face up to,face,meet,come face to face with,stand up to,brave,detain,accost,waylay,take aside,stop,halt,collar,nobble
confront
kənˈfrʌnt
verb
come face to face with (someone) with hostile or argumentative intent.
he confronted the robbers as they were trying to leave
challenge,square up to,oppose,resist,defy,beard,tackle,attack,assault,approach,face up to,face,meet,come face to face with,stand up to,brave,detain,accost,waylay,take aside,stop,halt,collar,nobble
broadsides
ˈbrɔːdsʌɪd
noun
a fierce verbal attack.
he launched a broadside against the economic reforms
criticism,censure,denunciation,harangue,rant,polemic,diatribe,tirade,philippic,attack,assault,onslaught,abuse,battering,flak,brickbat,slating
verb
collide with the side of (a vehicle).
I had to skid my bike sideways to avoid broadsiding her
broadside
ˈbrɔːdsʌɪd
noun
a fierce verbal attack.
he launched a broadside against the economic reforms
criticism,censure,denunciation,harangue,rant,polemic,diatribe,tirade,philippic,attack,assault,onslaught,abuse,battering,flak,brickbat,slating
adverb
with the side turned in a particular direction.
the yacht was drifting broadside to the wind
verb
collide with the side of (a vehicle).
I had to skid my bike sideways to avoid broadsiding her
bombards
verb
attack (a place or person) continuously with bombs, shells, or other missiles.
the city was bombarded by federal forces
shell,torpedo,pound,blitz,strafe,pepper,fire at/on,bomb,assail,attack,assault,raid,batter,blast,pelt,cannonade,fusillade
noun
a cannon of the earliest type, which fired a stone ball or large shot.
bombardments
bɒmˈbɑːdm(ə)nt
noun
a continuous attack with bombs, shells, or other missiles.
an aerial bombardment will precede the attack
shelling,strafing,pounding,pelting,blitz,air raid,strafe,bombing,carpet bombing,barrage,strike,attack,assault,onslaught,cannonade,fusillade
bombardment
bɒmˈbɑːdm(ə)nt
noun
a continuous attack with bombs, shells, or other missiles.
an aerial bombardment will precede the attack
shelling,strafing,pounding,pelting,blitz,air raid,strafe,bombing,carpet bombing,barrage,strike,attack,assault,onslaught,cannonade,fusillade
bombarding
verb
attack (a place or person) continuously with bombs, shells, or other missiles.
the city was bombarded by federal forces
shell,torpedo,pound,blitz,strafe,pepper,fire at/on,bomb,assail,attack,assault,raid,batter,blast,pelt,cannonade,fusillade
bombarded
verb
attack (a place or person) continuously with bombs, shells, or other missiles.
the city was bombarded by federal forces
shell,torpedo,pound,blitz,strafe,pepper,fire at/on,bomb,assail,attack,assault,raid,batter,blast,pelt,cannonade,fusillade
bombard
verb
attack (a place or person) continuously with bombs, shells, or other missiles.
the city was bombarded by federal forces
shell,torpedo,pound,blitz,strafe,pepper,fire at/on,bomb,assail,attack,assault,raid,batter,blast,pelt,cannonade,fusillade
noun
a cannon of the earliest type, which fired a stone ball or large shot.
blitzes
blɪts
noun
an intensive or sudden military attack.
a heavy artillery blitz
bombardment,battery,bombing,carpet bombing,onslaught,barrage,sally,attack,assault,raid,offensive,strike,blitzkrieg,razzia
verb
attack or seriously damage (a place) in a blitz.
news came that Rotterdam had been blitzed
bombard,attack,pound,blast,bomb,shell,torpedo,strafe,destroy,wipe out,wreck,devastate,ravage,smash
blitz
blɪts
noun
an intensive or sudden military attack.
a heavy artillery blitz
bombardment,battery,bombing,carpet bombing,onslaught,barrage,sally,attack,assault,raid,offensive,strike,blitzkrieg,razzia
verb
attack or seriously damage (a place) in a blitz.
news came that Rotterdam had been blitzed
bombard,attack,pound,blast,bomb,shell,torpedo,strafe,destroy,wipe out,wreck,devastate,ravage,smash
bashing
/ˈbæʃɪŋ/
noun
Violent physical assault.
violence,assault,mugging
assails
/əˈseɪl/
verb
Make a concerted or violent attack on.
the Scots army assailed Edward’s army from the rear
attack,assault,make an assault on,launch an attack on,pounce on,set upon,launch oneself at,weigh into,fly at,let fly at,turn on,round on,lash out at,hit out at,beset,belabour,fall on,accost,mug,charge,rush,storm,besiege
assailing
/əˈseɪl/
verb
Make a concerted or violent attack on.
the Scots army assailed Edward’s army from the rear
attack,assault,make an assault on,launch an attack on,pounce on,set upon,launch oneself at,weigh into,fly at,let fly at,turn on,round on,lash out at,hit out at,beset,belabour,fall on,accost,mug,charge,rush,storm,besiege
assailed
/əˈseɪl/
verb
Make a concerted or violent attack on.
the Scots army assailed Edward’s army from the rear
attack,assault,make an assault on,launch an attack on,pounce on,set upon,launch oneself at,weigh into,fly at,let fly at,turn on,round on,lash out at,hit out at,beset,belabour,fall on,accost,mug,charge,rush,storm,besiege
assail
/əˈseɪl/
transitive verb
Make a concerted or violent attack on.
the Scots army assailed Edward’s army from the rear
attack,assault,make an assault on,launch an attack on,pounce on,set upon,launch oneself at,weigh into,fly at,let fly at,turn on,round on,lash out at,hit out at,beset,belabour,fall on,accost,mug,charge,rush,storm,besiege
aggressing
/əˈɡrɛs/
verb
Attack or behave aggressively towards; initiate a conflict with.
he aggressed a flight attendant on an Air France flight
assault,beat,beat up,batter,thrash,pound,pummel,assail,set upon,fall upon,strike at,let fly at,tear into,lash out at,aggress
aggresses
/əˈɡrɛs/
verb
Attack or behave aggressively towards; initiate a conflict with.
he aggressed a flight attendant on an Air France flight
assault,beat,beat up,batter,thrash,pound,pummel,assail,set upon,fall upon,strike at,let fly at,tear into,lash out at,aggress
aggressed
/əˈɡrɛs/
verb
Attack or behave aggressively towards; initiate a conflict with.
he aggressed a flight attendant on an Air France flight
assault,beat,beat up,batter,thrash,pound,pummel,assail,set upon,fall upon,strike at,let fly at,tear into,lash out at,aggress
aggress
/əˈɡrɛs/
transitive verb
Attack or behave aggressively towards; initiate a conflict with.
he aggressed a flight attendant on an Air France flight
assault,beat,beat up,batter,thrash,pound,pummel,assail,set upon,fall upon,strike at,let fly at,tear into,lash out at,aggress
