| Main Entry: | foray |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | incursion, attempt |
Synonyms: |
attack, depredation, descent, inroad, invasion, irruption, raid, reconnaissance, sally, sortie |
Antonyms: |
abstention, idleness, laziness |
| 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: | descent |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | assault, attack |
Synonyms: |
advance, foray, incursion, invasion, pounce, raid, swoop |
| Main Entry: | harass |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | badger |
Synonyms: |
annoy, attack, bait, bedevil, beleaguer, bother, bug*, bullyrag, burn*, despoil, devil*, distress, disturb, eat*, exasperate, exhaust, fatigue, foray, get to, give a bad time, give a hard time, gnaw, harry, hassle, heckle, hound, intimidate, irk, irritate, jerk around, macerate, maraud, noodge, pain*, perplex, persecute, pester, plague, raid, rattle one's cage, ride, strain, stress, tease, tire, torment, trouble, try, vex, weary, work on, worry |
Antonyms: |
aid, assist, facilitate, help, support |
| Main Entry: | incursion |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | invasion |
Synonyms: |
aggression, attack, foray, infiltration, inroad, intrusion, irruption, penetration, raid |
Antonyms: |
retreat |
| 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 |
| Main Entry: | invasion |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | attack, encroachment |
Synonyms: |
aggression, assault, breach, entrenchment, foray, forced entrance, incursion, infiltration, infraction, infringement, inroad, intrusion, irruption, maraud, offense, offensive, onslaught, overstepping, raid, transgression, trespass, usurpation, violation |
Antonyms: |
retreat, surrender, withdrawal |
| Main Entry: | maraud |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | pillage and plunder |
Synonyms: |
despoil, forage, foray, harass, harry, loot, raid, ransack, ravage, sack |
Antonyms: |
behave |
| Main Entry: | overrun |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | defeat, invade |
Synonyms: |
beat, clobber, drub, foray, inroad, lambaste, lick*, massacre, occupy, overwhelm, put to flight, raid, rout, swamp*, thrash, trim, whip |
Antonyms: |
lose, surrender |
| Main Entry: | plunder |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | ravage, steal |
Synonyms: |
appropriate, burn, depredate, despoil, devastate, fleece, forage, foray, grab, gut, kip, knock off, knock over, lay waste, liberate, lift, loft, loot, maraud, moonlight requisition, pillage, prey, prowl, raid, ransack, relieve, requisition, rifle, rip off, rob, sack, salvage, smash and grab, snatch, spoil, stick up, strip |
Antonyms: |
give, receive |