BUM-RUSHING Synonyms: 58 Similar and Opposite Words

bum-rushing

verb

present participle of bum-rush

as in swarming

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Verb

The Orlando Police Department posted a video on social media of the riders swarming cars at intersections and blocking an ambulance with flashing lights.

— Kelsie Cairns, FOXNews.com, 28 July 2026
The first drills Monday focused on rebounding, the next half-dozen on various aspects of their pressuring, helping, swarming, trapping defense.

— Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 July 2026

Definition of swarming

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But nothing can prepare us for the horrific chaos of the attempted murder, with audience members, security and medics mobbing the stage to halt the attack and urgently tend to the victim.

— David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 25 Jan. 2026
The kick cut Pittsburgh’s lead to 14-9 and sent the Jaguars into the locker room buzzing, with teammates mobbing the second-year kicker in celebration.

— Tobias Bass, New York Times, 10 Aug. 2025

Definition of mobbing

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Okot applied that advice by limiting unnecessary dribbles and attacking the basket more efficiently.

— Micahya Costen, AJC.com, 28 July 2026
Zizou helped lead his national team to its first-ever World Cup trophy, with the attacking midfielder scoring two goals in the 1998 final.

— Thomas Schlachter, CNN Money, 28 July 2026

Definition of attacking

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Before that, he had been convicted assaulting someone at a Berlin high school in 2019, as well as robbing someone of a pair of headphones nearly a year later.

— Freddie Clayton, NBC news, 26 July 2026
He was expelled from Framingham High School after assaulting a student.

— Rick Sobey, Boston Herald, 24 July 2026

Definition of assaulting

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Before that, he had been convicted assaulting someone at a Berlin high school in 2019, as well as robbing someone of a pair of headphones nearly a year later.

— Freddie Clayton, NBC news, 26 July 2026
The families of two men who discovered through DNA tests that they were switched at birth 38 years ago are accusing a North Dakota hospital of robbing them of the lives they were supposed to lead.

— ABC News, ABC News, 17 July 2026

Definition of robbing

Verb

As the drone flies, the rushing wind sweeps through the wing, naturally cooling the receiver’s back.

— Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 29 July 2026
But in order to succeed long term, smart leaders are starting to weigh the risks of adoption carefully before rushing ahead.

— Adrian Gostick, Forbes.com, 28 July 2026

Definition of rushing

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