| Main Entry: | beset |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | plague; hem in |
Synonyms: |
aggress, assail, attack, badger, bedevil, beleaguer, besiege, bug*, circle*, compass, dog*, drive up the wall, embarrass, encircle, enclose, encompass, entangle, environ, fall on, fall upon, girdle, give a bad time, give a hard time, give one the business, give the needle, harass, harry, hassle, infest, invade, jump on one's case, nag, nudge, overrun, perplex, pester, pick on, put the squeeze on, ride, ring, start in on, storm, strike, surround |
| Main Entry: | engage |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | start a fight; attack |
Synonyms: |
assail, assault, combat, do battle with, encounter, face, fall on, give battle to, join battle with, launch, meet, strike, take on |
Antonyms: |
give up, surrender, yield |
| Main Entry: | have |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | endure, bear |
Synonyms: |
allow, be compelled to, be forced to, be one's duty to, be up to, become, consider, enjoy, entertain*, experience, fall on, feel, know, leave, let, meet with, must, need, ought, permit, put up with, rest with, see, should, suffer, sustain, think about, tolerate, undergo |
| Main Entry: | invade |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | attack and encroach |
Synonyms: |
access, assail, assault, breach, burglarize, burst in, crash, descend upon, entrench, fall on, foray, go in, infect, infest, infringe, inroad, interfere, loot, make inroads, maraud, meddle, muscle in, occupy, overrun, overspread, overswarm, penetrate, permeate, pervade, pillage, plunder, raid, ravage, storm, swarm over, trespass, violate |
Antonyms: |
leave alone, surrender, yield |