Synonyms of setting at

setting at

phrase

present participle of set at

as in attacking

to take sudden, violent action against

His brother set at him, damaging several household items in the process.

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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