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pounces (on or upon)

verb , present tense third-person singular of pounce (on or upon)

Synonyms and Antonyms of pounces (on or upon)

to take sudden, violent action against

the muggers pounced on the unsuspecting tourists as soon as they rounded the corner

Synonyms of pounces (on or upon)

assails, assaults, attacks, besets, bushwhacks, charges, descends (on or upon), goes in (on), jumps (on), raids, rushes, sets on, sics (also sicks), storms, strikes, trashes, turns (on)

Words Related to pounces (on or upon)

bum-rushes, gangs up (on), mobs, swarms

ambuscades, ambushes, surprises (also surprizes), waylays

blitzes, bombards, bombs, nukes

barrages, cannonades, cannons

bangs away (at), batters, buffets, plasters

beleaguers, besieges, presses

harries, loots, pillages, plunders, ravages, sacks

forays, invades, overruns

envelops, flanks

Phrases Synonymous with pounces (on or upon)

beats up on, flies at, goes at, lights into, pitches into, rounds on, sets at, sets upon, tears into

Near Antonyms of pounces (on or upon)

covers, defends, guards, protects, secures, shields

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