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attackingverbpresent participle of attack to take sudden, violent action againstour dog unexpectedly attacked the mailman, sinking his teeth into the startled man's leg assailing, assaulting, besetting, bushwhacking, charging, descending (on or upon), going in (on), jumping (on), pouncing (on or upon), raiding, rushing, setting on, siccing(also sicking), storming, striking, trashing, turning (on) bum-rushing, ganging up (on), mobbing, swarmingmugging, robbingambuscading, ambushing, surprising(also surprizing), waylayingblitzing, bombarding, bombing, nukingbarraging, cannonading, cannoningbanging away (at), battering, buffeting, plasteringbeleaguering, besieging, pressingharrying, looting, pillaging, plundering, ravaging, sackingforaying, invading, overrunningenveloping, flanking beating up on, flying at, going at, lighting into, pitching into, rounding on, setting at, setting upon, tearing into covering, defending, guarding, protecting, securing, shielding to criticize harshly and usually publiclythe mayor and all his aides were attacked mercilessly in the press when the scandal erupted abusing, assailing, bashing, belaboring, blasting, castigating, excoriating, jumping (on), lambasting, potshotting, savaging, scathing, slamming, trashing, vituperating berating, haranguing, harassing, harrying, reviling, scolding, whippingblaspheming, cursing, execrating, imprecating, profaningaffronting, insulting, slurringaspersing, bad-mouthing, belittling, blackguarding, disparaging, putting downlibeling(or libelling), slandering, traducing, vilifyingchastising, chiding, criticizing, lacing (into), rebuking, reprimandingfulminating, lashing (out) beating up on, lighting into, sailing into, tying into acclaiming, commending, complimenting, hailing, lauding, praising to start work on energeticallyCourtney attacked the huge mess in her room with determination and enthusiasm diving (into), tackling, wading (in or into) addressing, approaching, facingbuckling (down to), concentrating (on), focusing (on)(also focussing (on)), knuckling down (to), zeroing (in on)falling (to), pitching in, plunging (in), settling (down)pursuing, taking up, undertaking going at, having at, lighting into, pitching into, sailing into, tearing into avoiding, evading, shunningdallying, dawdling, dillydallying, fiddling (around), fooling, idling, lagging, messing, monkeying (around), playing, poking, pottering (around), puttering (around), trifling |