gone in (on)

verb

past participle of go in (on)
as in attacked
to take sudden, violent action against law enforcement officials decided to wait before going in on the barricaded gunman

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  1. attacked
  2. assaulted
  3. charged
Verb
  • Iran has also repeatedly attacked ships in the Strait of Hormuz.
    — Billy Stockwell, CNN Money, 24 July 2026
  • OpenAI was evaluating its artificial intelligence models’ ability to exploit vulnerable software when instead the models hacked the infrastructure surrounding the test, broke containment, and attacked a real company, OpenAI revealed on July 21.
    — Harry Booth, Time, 24 July 2026
Definition of attacked
Verb
  • One Sunday, Henrichsen assaulted an elderly couple walking along a road, knocking over an 80-year-old man and striking his wife, according to a memo compiled by the neighborhood homeowner’s association.
    — Andrew Graham, Sacbee.com, 23 July 2026
  • Elordi played high school bully Nate, who in Season 3 dealt with some goons who tormented him and brutally physically assaulted him.
    — Armando Tinoco, Deadline, 21 July 2026
Definition of assaulted
Verb
  • Ponce was charged in the March 2022 shooting death of John Reyes, 21, at a party in north Fort Worth.
    — Emerson Clarridge, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 25 July 2026
  • D4vd, whose legal name is David Anthony Burke, has been charged with killing and dismembering the 14-year-old.
    — Marlene Lenthang, NBC news, 25 July 2026
Definition of charged
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“Gone in (on).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gone%20in%20%28on%29. Accessed 28 Jul. 2026.

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