| Main Entry: | bop |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | hit |
Synonyms: |
bash, belt, catch, knock, let someone have it, pop, punch, slam, slug, smack, smash, sock, strike, swat, thwack, wallop, whack, wham, whop |
| Main Entry: | attack |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | assault physically |
Synonyms: |
advance, aggress, ambush, assail, assault, bash, bat, bean, beat, beset, besiege, biff, blast, blister, boff, bombard, boot, bop, brain*, bust, charge, chop down, clip, clock, club, combat, cook*, harm, hit, hurt, infiltrate, invade, jump, kick, knock block off, knock cold, knock for a loop, larrup, lay siege to, light into, molest, mug, overwhelm, pounce upon, punch, raid, rush, set upon, slog, soak, stab, storm, strike, take the offensive, turn on, wallop, whop |
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aid, defend, protect, resist, retreat, shelter, shield, submit, support, surrender, sustain |
| Main Entry: | bat |
| Part of Speech: | noun, verb |
| Definition: | a hit with a solid object |
Synonyms: |
bang, belt, blow, bop, crack, knock, rap, slam, smack, sock, strike, swat, thump, thwack, wallop, whack, whop |
| Main Entry: | belt |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | hit hard |
Synonyms: |
bash, bat, biff, blast, blow, bop, clobber, slam, slug, smack, smash, sock, strap, switch, wallop, whip, whop |
Antonyms: |
pat, tap |
| Main Entry: | sock |
| Part of Speech: | noun, verb |
| Definition: | hit hard |
Synonyms: |
beat, belt, bop, buffet, chop, clout, cuff, ding, nail, paste, punch, slap, smack, smash, soak, whack |
Antonyms: |
tap |
| Main Entry: | wallop |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | beat, hit |
Synonyms: |
bam, bash, batter, belt, blast, boff, bop, buffet, bushwhack, clobber, drub, hide, lambaste*, paste, pelt, plant one, pound, pummel, punch, slam, slog, slug, smack, smash, sock, strike, swat, take out, tan*, thrash, thump, whack, wham, whomp, zap |
| Main Entry: | thwack |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | hit |
Synonyms: |
bang, blow, bop, drive, force, knock, paddle, pound, rap, smack, smite, sock, strike, thrash, thump, wallop, whack |
| Main Entry: | attack |
| Part of Speech: | noun, verb |
Related
Adjectives: |
aggressive, attacking, batterfanged, ictic, obsidional, offensive, petulcous, up in arms
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| Concept: | Attack. |
| Category: | 1. Conditional antagonism |
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-nouns
attack; assault, assault and battery; onset, onslaught, charge., aggression, offense; incursion, inroad, invasion; irruption; outbreak; estrapade, ruade; coupe de main, sally, sortie, camisade, raid, foray; run at, run against; dead set at., storm, storming; boarding, escalade; siege, investment, obsession, bombardment, cannonade., fire, volley; platoon fire, file fire; fusillade; sharpshooting, broadside; raking fire, crossfire; volley of grapeshot, feu d'enfer., cut, thrust, lunge, pass, passado, carte and tierce, home thrust; coupe de bec; kick, punch (impulse)., battue, razzia, Jacquerie, dragonnade; devastation; eboulement., assailant, aggressor, invader., base of operations, point of attack; echelon.
-verbs
attack, assault, assail; invade; set upon, fall upon; charge, impugn, break a lance with, enter the lists., assume the offensive, take the offensive; be the aggressor, become the aggressor; strike the first blow, throw the first stone at; lift a hand against, draw the sword against; take up the cudgels; advance against, march against; march upon, harry; come on, show fight., strike at, poke at, thrust at; aim a blow at, deal a blow at; give one a blow, fetch one a blow, fetch one a kick, give one a kick; have a cut at, have a shot at, take a cut at, take a shot at, have a fling at, have a shy at; be down upon, pounce upon; fall foul of, pitch into, launch out against; bait, slap on the face; make a thrust at, make a pass at, make a set at, make a dead set at; bear down upon., close with, come to close quarters;, bring to bay., ride full tilt against; attack tooth and nail., let fly at, dash at, run a tilt at, rush at, tilt at, run at, fly at, hawk at, have at, let out at; make a dash, make a rush at; strike home; drive one hard; press one hard; be hard upon, run down, strike at the root of., lay about one, run amuck., draw a bead on [U.S.]., fire upon, fire at, fire a shot at; shoot at, pop at, level at, let off a gun at; open fire, pepper, bombard, shell, pour a broadside into; fire a volley, fire red-hot shot; spring a mine., throw a stone, throw stones at; stone, lapidate, pelt; hurl at, hurl against, hurl at the head of; rock [U.S.], beset, besiege, beleaguer; lay siege to, invest, open the trenches, plant a battery, sap, mine; storm, board, scale the walls., cut and thrust, bayonet, butt; kick, strike (impulse); whipe (punish).
-adjectives
attacking; aggressive, offensive, obsidional., up in arms.
-adverbs
on the offensive.
-phrases
"the din of arms, the yell of savage rage, the shriek of agony, the groan of death" [Southey]; "their fatal hands no second stroke intend' [Paradise Lost]; "thirst
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Antonyms: |
defense |
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