Synonyms of attacking

attacking

verb

present participle of attack

1

as in assaulting

to take sudden, violent action against

our dog unexpectedly attacked the mailman, sinking his teeth into the startled man's leg

Synonyms & Similar Words

• assaulting
• raiding
• storming
• ambushing
• robbing
• striking
• charging
• invading
• assailing
• swarming
• trashing
• rushing
• siccing
• sicking
• besetting
• flying at
• besieging
• bushwhacking
• flanking
• setting on
• setting at
• tearing into
• setting upon
• bombing
• sacking
• pitching into
• surprising
• beating up on
• rounding on
• going at
• bombarding
• ravaging
• mobbing
• blitzing
• lighting into
• plundering
• waylaying
• mugging
• descending (on or upon)
• nuking
• battering
• looting
• barraging
• turning (on)
• jumping (on)
• pouncing (on or upon)
• cannoning
• pillaging
• going in (on)
• harrying
• bum-rushing
• overrunning
• buffeting
• beleaguering
• ambuscading
• cannonading
• enveloping
• pressing
• plastering
• surprizing
• ganging up (on)
• foraying
• banging away (at)

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• defending
• protecting
• covering
• securing
• guarding
• shielding

• defending
• protecting
• covering
• securing
• guarding
• shielding

2

as in slamming

to criticize harshly and usually publicly

the mayor and all his aides were attacked mercilessly in the press when the scandal erupted

Synonyms & Similar Words

• slamming
• abusing
• criticizing
• scolding
• assailing
• blasting
• savaging
• insulting
• bashing
• excoriating
• harassing
• castigating
• trashing
• lambasting
• scathing
• cursing
• vituperating
• berating
• tying into
• potshotting
• harrying
• sailing into
• reprimanding
• reviling
• belaboring
• vilifying
• slandering
• beating up on
• haranguing
• blaspheming
• affronting
• belittling
• lighting into
• disparaging
• libeling
• whipping
• chastising
• execrating
• rebuking
• jumping (on)
• chiding
• profaning
• imprecating
• traducing
• slurring
• blackguarding
• aspersing
• libelling
• fulminating
• bad-mouthing
• putting down
• lacing (into)
• lashing (out)

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• praising
• complimenting
• commending
• hailing
• lauding
• acclaiming

• praising
• complimenting
• commending
• hailing
• lauding
• acclaiming

3

as in tackling

to start work on energetically

Courtney attacked the huge mess in her room with determination and enthusiasm

Synonyms & Similar Words

• tackling
• approaching
• addressing
• pursuing
• undertaking
• having at
• tearing into
• sailing into
• pitching into
• going at
• facing
• lighting into
• diving (into)
• wading (in or into)
• pitching in
• focussing (on)
• buckling (down to)
• settling (down)
• falling (to)
• focusing (on)
• concentrating (on)
• knuckling down (to)
• taking up
• plunging (in)
• zeroing (in on)

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• avoiding
• evading
• shunning
• playing
• messing
• poking
• fooling
• lagging
• idling
• dawdling
• trifling
• fiddling (around)
• dallying
• puttering (around)
• dillydallying
• pottering (around)
• monkeying (around)

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• avoiding
• evading
• shunning
• playing
• messing
• poking
• fooling
• lagging
• idling
• dawdling
• trifling
• fiddling (around)
• dallying
• puttering (around)
• dillydallying
• pottering (around)
• monkeying (around)

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