sic

verb

ˈsik How to pronounce sic (audio)
variants also sick
Definition of sicnext
as in to attack
to take sudden, violent action against commanded the attack dogs to "sic 'em"

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Recent Examples of sic The people that have been killed, the people that have wiped away [sic], and for what? — Fintan O’Toole, The New York Review of Books, 9 Apr. 2026 Time is running out - 48 hours before all Hell will reign [sic] down on them. — Garrett Downs,azhar Sukri, CNBC, 5 Apr. 2026 Thankyou [sic] for your patience, love and never ending support. — Chanel Vargas, InStyle, 4 Apr. 2026 Now folks are playing the blame game, trying to sic the stans on each other. — Bethy Squires, Vulture, 18 Mar. 2026 See All Example Sentences for sic
Recent Examples of Synonyms for sic
  1. attack
  2. assault
  3. raid
  4. storm
  5. strike
  6. rob
  7. ambush
Verb
  • Okot applied that advice by limiting unnecessary dribbles and attacking the basket more efficiently.
    — Micahya Costen, AJC.com, 28 July 2026
  • With attacking talent aplenty – including star man Kylian Mbappé, Ousmane Dembélé, Michael Olise, Désiré Doué and Bradley Barcola – Zidane will have to figure out a way to find harmony among his forward options.
    — Thomas Schlachter, CNN Money, 28 July 2026
Definition of attack
Verb
  • King accused of assault, charged with misdemeanors While King was detained, a police officer told one of her neighbors at the scene that King was suspected of assaulting a National Guard member, the claim said.
    — Nicole Blanchard, Idaho Statesman, 29 July 2026
  • The charges allege that some players assaulted a sophomore after two practices.
    — Meredith Deliso, ABC News, 29 July 2026
Definition of assault
Verb
  • After he was elected, Wu and other council members were invited to participate in an interview at Su’s studio on San Bernardino Road in West Covina, the same building that was raided by the FBI last week.
    — Hannah Fry, Los Angeles Times, 2 Aug. 2026
  • Ever since, the couple have been through it all, from winter storms that dumped many inches of snow to ravens raiding their nest and eating their eggs.
    — Amanda Lee Myers, USA Today, 31 July 2026
Definition of raid
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  • Militant members and their fellow travelers booed, and a former Labour chairman stormed off the stage in anger.
    — James Kirchick, The Atlantic, 21 July 2026
  • Many attacks have been carried out by angry mobs storming treatment centers.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 18 July 2026
Definition of storm
Verb
  • Emergency crews on the ground and in helicopters are scouring the Karakoram mountain range for the 10 climbers, including one American, who are believed to be have been on 8,047-meter-tall Broad Peak when an avalanche struck around midday Thursday.
    — Lex Harvey, CNN Money, 31 July 2026
  • In Kyiv, Russian forces struck the capital with ballistic missiles, killing a 31-year-old man and wounding two others, the National Police press service said.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 30 July 2026
Definition of strike
Verb
  • Thus within Haitian culture, zombies were victims, robbed of independent will by cruel masters.
    — Dennis Harvey, Variety, 31 July 2026
  • Parkinson’s is a neurologic disease that robs people of control over their movements.
    — CNN Money, CNN Money, 28 July 2026
Definition of rob
Verb
  • Reinforcements dispatched to the scene were ambushed en route, damaging an armored personnel carrier before officers fought back, according to the statement.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 30 July 2026
  • The novel builds toward a plot by local men to ambush the night train carrying the departing Muslims.
    — Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 29 July 2026
Definition of ambush

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