SETTING AT Synonyms: 69 Similar and Opposite Words

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.

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Recent Examples of setting at This season’s setting at the Musée Carnavalet reinforced the SMCP group brand’s alignment with French cultural heritage, but there was more substance here than atmosphere alone. — Rhonda Richford, Footwear News, 9 Oct. 2026 Tindall said civil rights and community activists had been in this kind of setting at least 20 times to discuss their concerns. — Kansas City Star, 9 Oct. 2026

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The National Transportation Safety Board said Wednesday that the pilot reported icing on the wings while the plane was flying at 24,000 feet and requested to descend.

— CBS News, CBS News, 14 Oct. 2026
From a plane flying at 6,000 feet, their photos can show cracks in roof tiles after a hailstorm.

— Hilary Whiteman, CNN Money, 20 Sep. 2026

Definition of flying at

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But the way everyone’s going at it now is the idea of a harness around a model.

— Nilay Patel, The Verge, 8 Oct. 2026
The annual promotion from the Greater Miami Convention & Visitors Bureau, which usually concludes at the end of September, is still going at area restaurants, many of them joining for the first time.

— Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 23 Sep. 2026

Definition of going at

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Last week, investigators began dismantling portions of the property, tearing into walls and floors while removing large pieces of evidence, including laboratory equipment and containers from the basement.

— ABC News, ABC News, 16 Oct. 2026
What starts as a quiet morning outside the hospital before a charity race — Dawson is running, Casey is volunteering — turns instantly horrific when a car bomb explodes, tearing into the hospital and injuring dozens.

— Will Harris, Entertainment Weekly, 7 Oct. 2026

Definition of tearing into

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Nick Pivetta yielded two runs and five hits while pitching into the fifth for the Padres, and Dustin May got pulled abruptly with a 1-0 count on Bogaerts and a runner aboard in the fourth.

— ABC News, ABC News, 7 Oct. 2026
But from there, Prielipp settled in, pitching into the sixth inning and giving the Twins a chance to win.

— Betsy Helfand, Twin Cities, 2 Aug. 2026

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