| Main Entry: | blitzkrieg |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | charge |
Synonyms: |
assault, attack, blitz, bombardment, offensive, onslaught, raid, rush |
| Main Entry: | aggression |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | attack, often military |
Synonyms: |
assailment, assault, blitz, blitzkrieg, encroachment, injury, invasion, offense, offensive, onset, onslaught, push, raid |
| Main Entry: | attack |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | physical assault |
Synonyms: |
advance, aggression, assailing, assailment, barrage, blitz, blitzkrieg, charge, defilement, dirty deed, drive, encounter, encroachment, foray, incursion, initiative, inroad, intervention, intrusion, invasion, irruption, mugging, offense, offensive, onrush, onset, onslaught, outbreak, push, raid, rape, rush, skirmish, storming, strike, thrust, violation, volley |
Antonyms: |
aid, defense, flight, protection, resistance, retreat, shelter, shield, support, surrender, sustenance |
| Main Entry: | blitz |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | heavy attack |
Synonyms: |
assault, blitzkrieg, bombardment, bombing, lightning attack, offensive, onslaught, raid, shelling, strike |
Antonyms: |
let-up |
| Main Entry: | charge |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | attack |
Synonyms: |
assault, blitz, blitzkrieg, invasion, mugging, onset, onslaught, outbreak, push, rush, sortie |
Antonyms: |
retreat |
| Main Entry: | offense |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | insult, displeasure |
Synonyms: |
affront, aggression, assailment, assault, attack, battery, black eye, blitz*, blitzkrieg, dig*, dirty dig, harm, hit*, hurt, indignation, indignity, injury, injustice, left-handed compliment, mugging, onset, onslaught, outrage, push*, put-down, slam*, slap in the face, slight, snub, zinger |
Antonyms: |
kindness, pleasure |
| Main Entry: | storm |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | commotion, turmoil |
Synonyms: |
agitation, anger, annoyance, assault, attack, barrage, blitz, blitzkrieg, bluster, bomb, bombardment, broadside, burst, bustle, cannonade, clamor, clatter, convulsion, disturbance, drumfire, furor, fury, fusillade, hail, hassle, hysteria, offensive, onset, onslaught, outbreak, outburst, outcry, passion, perturbation, pother, rabidity, racket, rage, rampancy, roar, row, ruction, rumpus, rush, salvo, squall, stir, strife, temper, tumult, upheaval, violence, volley |
Antonyms: |
calm, peace |
| Main Entry: | bombardment |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | barrage |
Synonyms: |
assault, attack, blitz, blitzkrieg, bombing, onslaught, shelling |
| Notes: | a lot of people refer to dodgeball when they really mean bombardment - two teams squaring off from opposite sides of the gym and unable to cross the center line; dodgeball is a game with a circle of attackers and the victims in the middle |
| Main Entry: | ruffled feathers |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | offense |
Synonyms: |
affront, aggression, assailment, assault, attack, battery, black eye, blitz*, blitzkrieg, dig*, dirty dig, dudgeon, harm, hit*, huff, hurt, indignation, indignity, injury, injustice, left-handed compliment, miff, mugging, onset, onslaught, outrage, pique*, push*, put-down, resentment, slam*, slap in the face, slight, snub, umbrage, zinger |
| Main Entry: | attack |
| Part of Speech: | noun, verb |
Related
Adjectives: |
aggressive, attacking, batterfanged, ictic, obsidional, offensive, petulcous, up in arms
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