| Main Entry: | sortie |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | armed attack |
Synonyms: |
assault, charge, invasion, mission, offense, raid, rush, sally, strike |
| Main Entry: | battle |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | military fight |
Synonyms: |
action, assault, attack, barrage, blitzkreig, bloodshed, bombing, brush, campaign, carnage, clash, combat, conflict, contention, crusade, encounter, engagement, fighting, fray, havoc, hostility, onset, onslaught, press, ravage, scrimmage, significant contact, skirmish, sortie, strife, struggle, war, warfare |
Antonyms: |
truce |
| 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: | dash |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | fast race for short distance |
Synonyms: |
birr, bolt, dart, haste, onset, run, rush, sortie, sprint, spurt, zip |
| 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: | mission |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person's task, responsibility |
Synonyms: |
aim, assignment, business, calling, charge, commission, duty, end, errand, goal, job, lifework, object, objective, office, operation, profession, purpose, pursuit, quest, sortie, trade, trust, undertaking, vocation, work |
| Main Entry: | outbreak |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | sudden happening |
Synonyms: |
beginning, blowup, brawl, break, breaking, burst, bursting, commencement, commotion, convulsion, crack, crash, dawn, detonation, discharge, disorder, disruption, ebullition, effervescence, epidemic, eruption, explosion, fit, flare-up, flash, fury, gush, gushing, insurrection, irruption, mutiny, onset, outburst, outpouring, paroxysm, plague, rebellion, rending, revolution, roar, sally, sortie, spasm, spurt, storm, sundering, surge, thunder, tumult, uprising, volley |
Antonyms: |
conclusion, end, finale |
| Main Entry: | raid |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | attack, seizure |
Synonyms: |
arrest, assault, break-in, bust, capture, descent, foray, forced entrance, hit-and-run, incursion, inroad, invasion, irruption, onset, onslaught, pull, reconnaissance, roundup, sally, shootup, sortie, surprise attack, sweep, tipover |
| Main Entry: | revenge |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | retaliation for wrong, grievance |
Synonyms: |
animus, attack, avenging, avengment, counterblow, counterinsurgency, counterplay, eye for an eye, fight, getting even, ill will, implacability, malevolence, measure for measure, rancor, repayment, reprisal, requital, retribution, return, ruthlessness, satisfaction, sortie, spitefulness, tit for tat, vengeance, vengefulness, vindictiveness |
| Notes: | revenge is personal and justice is societal |
Antonyms: |
forgiveness, pardon, sympathy |
| Main Entry: | sally |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | venture off path |
Synonyms: |
escapade, excursion, frolic, jaunt, journey, outing, sortie, trip |