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Noun
▲
A surprise attack by people lying in wait in a concealed position
trap
ambuscade
snare
ambushment
cover
hiding
lure
net
pitfall
shelter
surpize
surprise
web
attack
concealment
retreat
surprise attack
waylaying
camouflage
deception
ensnarement
lurking
trick
waiting
lying in wait
hiding place
booby trap
set-up
decoy
noose
mesh
inveiglement
enticement
allurement
temptation
seducement
come-on
dragnet
catch
wire
danger
hazard
tangle
peril
entrapment
game net
trawl net
bog
marsh
swamp
mire
riata
lariat
loop
halter
rope
tie
hitch
artifice
ploy
stratagem
wile
subterfuge
trickery
machination
conspiracy
hook
gambit
feint
intrigue
prank
maneuverUS
plot
manoeuvreUK
snag
more ❯
“The Russian snipers were not prepared to hunt in the ruins and to lie in ambush for days on end.”
Noun
▲
The state of being vanquished
vanquishment
beating
rout
trouncing
drubbing
overthrow
thrashing
massacre
annihilation
licking
conquest
whipping
shellacking
slaughter
subjugation
triumph
trimming
waxing
trashing
loss
mastery
embarrassment
reverse
killing
debacle
blow
destruction
downthrow
extermination
whitewashing
collapse
failure
defeasance
lacing
paddling
rebuff
repulse
scalping
whaling
fall
ruin
discomfiture
break
breakdown
check
count
insuccess
KO
nonsuccess
setback
trap
flogging
belting
tanning
lashing
birching
flaying
bashing
fiasco
slapping
smacking
pummellingUK
shutout
thwacking
punching
cuffing
buffeting
pelting
cudgellingUK
lambasting
clubbing
whacking
subdual
walkover
flagellation
biffing
bopping
slugging
duffing-up
doing-over
beating-up
scourging
leathering
chastisement
end
landslide
pummeledUS
cudgelingUS
cane
birch
success
win
spanking
dusting
bludgeoning
humiliation
state of defeat
subjection
subjecting
kicking
working-over
murder
disappointment
score
splash
horsewhipping
big win
bullwhipping
strap
belt
one-horse race
lathering
pulverisationUK
pulverizationUS
defeatedness
shambles
switching
strapping
punishment
game
scourge
castigation
lash
pummeling
switch
clampdown
crackdown
comedown
romp
surrender
disarray
confusion
disaster
stampede
upset
washout
superiority
runaway victory
decisive victory
advantage
overwhelming majority
repression
headlong flight
disorderly retreat
prevention
stopping
prohibition
termination
discontinuation
cowing
the strap
dissolution
halting
arrest
hitting
striking
knocking
boxing
stamping out
suppressing
abolishment
dominance
obliteration
overriding
abolition
attack
assault
mate
ending
checkmate
snuffing out
corporal punishment
more ❯
Noun
▲
The act of inveigling, or the state of being inveigled
inveiglement
bait
attraction
enticement
temptation
allurement
appeal
draw
pull
seduction
inducement
snare
trap
invitation
decoy
incentive
carrot
magnet
call
bribe
camouflage
fake
mousetrap
seducement
sweetener
trick
delusion
gimmick
hook
illusion
tout
come-on
siren song
con game
sitting duck
charm
magnetism
glamourUK
attractiveness
glamorUS
enchantment
charisma
seductiveness
captivation
magic
persuasion
pizzazzUS
animal magnetism
pzazzUK
oomph
drawing power
duende
pizazz
witchery
desirability
spell
encouragement
force field
provocation
incitement
motive
beauty
spur
stimulus
bewitchment
beguilement
influence
stimulation
coaxing
tantalization
motivation
impetus
IT
loadstone
lodestone
entrancement
impulse
consideration
goad
offer
urge
crowd puller
reason
enthrallment
pressure
pleasingness
sexual magnetism
dazzle
witchcraft
teaser
intrigue
cause
overture
presence
infatuation
cajolery
blandishment
mystique
pass
proposition
flash
prompting
douceur
stimulant
power
ravishment
passion
solicitation
mesmerism
web
net
rationale
purpose
suggestion
exhortation
inspiration
ground
toils
noose
feeler
agreeableness
engagingness
mojo
momentum
bedroom eyes
come-hither look
captivatingness
something
quagmire
tanglement
entanglement
quicksand
meshes
wire
morass
mesh
drive
determinant
spring
danger
springe
hazard
peril
tangle
gin
star quality
sugared pill
bung
candy
romance
irresistible influence
siren call
sexiness
sexuality
sensuality
absorption
attention-grabber
attention draw
tantalisingUK
tantalizingUS
siren
hypnotism
enslavement
enthralment
honeypot
hankering
yen
fancy
drag
delight
SA
sexual attractiveness
it
confidence
enticingness
mesmerization
hypnotization
approach
je ne sais quoi
likableness
joy
personality
carrot and stick
agreeability
prepossessingness
move
bliss
rapture
irresistibility
transport
brilliance
sparkle
glitter
aura
pleasantness
attractivity
focus
crowd-pleaser
proposal
splendourUK
individuality
bribery
obsession
happiness
star power
sex appeal
urging
sweetening
promise
crowd-puller
the jazz
glory
showiness
magnificence
flashiness
attention-getter
play
preoccupation
loveliness
prettiness
centre of attentionUK
focal point
wiles
bonniness
blandishments
come hither
force of personality
stirring
pushing
instigation
goading
pressurizationUS
charmingness
gorgeousness
bewitchery
comeliness
delightfulness
razzle-dazzle
razzmatazz
complex
enthusiasm
advance
prodding
special something
pulling power
strength of character
fixation
hang-up
compulsion
fetish
mania
troll
fly
jig
plug
endearment
éclat
incitation
boost
yeast
thing
sorcery
good looks
temptingness
center of attentionUS
object
design
insistence
excuse
catalyst
premium
intention
grounds
gravitation
chemistry
inclination
courting
hold
tendency
pressurisationUK
needling
beseeching
challenge
grabber
bug
piquancy
trance
reward
splendorUS
ruling passion
idée fixe
occasion
thinking
basis
egging on
reason why
shot in the arm
thing for
kick up the backside
arm-twisting
motivating force
wherefore
authority
subject
why
account
proffer
petition
begging
bid
supplication
date
hit
coquetry
paper
compliments
mainspring
bee in your bonnet
antecedent
whys and wherefores
root
end
aim
emotion
feeling
intent
persuading
conversion
convincing
inducing
suasion
the why and wherefore
rain check
open door
perk
leader
desire
con
brainwash
twist
hard sell
clarion call
sweet talk
snow job
soft soap
more ❯
Noun
▲
A quick violent robbery of a person, usually in a public place
mugging
assault
attack
bag-snatch
holdup
purse-snatch
robbery
theft
burglary
stickup
raid
stealing
heist
larceny
embezzlement
looting
thievery
pilfering
crime
misappropriation
pillage
plunder
shoplifting
thieving
fraud
rip-off
snatch
hold-up
swindle
break-in
devastation
raiding
rape
ravaging
despoliation
despoiling
laying waste
pinching
ravin
forced entry
reaving
incident
destruction
pocketing
despoilment
swiping
lifting
half-inching
harrying
sting
second-story work
stripping
plagiarism
seizure
violence
lawlessness
ruination
ruin
trespass
loss
blagging
swoop
ravishing
raping
losing
mislaying
snaffling
skimming
abstraction
damage
ravages
raids
wreckage
five-finger discount
misapplication
misuse
white-collar crime
nobbling
whipping
burglarizing
wasting
desolation
desecration
disappearance
monkey business
siphoning off
ripping off
misuse of funds
trespassing
stealing money
safecracking
housebreak
prowl
breaking in
acts of destruction
break and entry
aggravated burglary
owl job
booty
loot
swag
spoil
spoils
prize
taking
more ❯
Noun
▲
A complex system of interconnected elements
web
mass
network
tangle
chain
knot
nexus
series
snare
trap
complex
conglomeration
maze
net
set
toils
Noun
▲
Surprise attack
sneak attack
Pearl Harbor
shock tactics
surprisal
unforeseen attack
Noun
▲
A cunning act or scheme intended to deceive or outwit someone
trick
device
dodge
ploy
ruse
artifice
deception
stratagem
con
deceit
fraud
manoeuvreUK
wile
hoax
scheme
scam
sting
subterfuge
swindle
gimmick
machination
move
chicanery
contrivance
expedient
flimflam
trap
trickery
bluff
cheat
duplicity
fakery
fetch
game
imposition
bunco
canard
conspiracy
feint
gambit
grift
gyp
jig
juggle
knack
lurk
maneuverUS
play
plot
rort
shenanigan
sleight
wheeze
decoy
fastie
flanker
imposture
pretenceUK
pretenseUS
rig
schlenter
sharp practice
shift
snare
treachery
cover
delusion
distortion
falsehood
invention
set-up
confidence trick
double-dealing
rip-off
con trick
more ❯
Noun
▲
Methods used to scare
scare tactics
bullying
coercion
terrorization
pressure
duress
force
intimidation
persuasion
terrorism
threat
arm-twisting
reign of terror
strong-arm tactics
terrifying
alarming
browbeating
menacing
scaring
pressurizingUS
unnerving
pressuring
domineering
subduing
threatening
terrorizingUS
tormenting
frightening
daunting
persecution
constraint
compulsion
enforcement
menace
influence
demand
violence
obligation
warning
commination
insistence
restraint
strong-arm tactic
exaction
force majeure
maltreatment
mistreatment
victimizationUS
ominousness
ill-omen
blackmail
fulmination
ultimatum
pestering
nagging
goading
provocation
entreaty
badgering
fearmongering
thunder
foul play
requirement
scare tactic
intimidating remark
pains
conscription
power
sway
imprisonment
victimisationUK
strong arm
threatening remark
intimidatory remark
hardship
captivity
confinement
incarceration
discipline
detention
bondage
control
strong-arming
urgency
engrossment
prepossession
craving
monkey
hang-up
driving
exigency
preoccupation
duty
have on the brain
tiger by the tail
strong arm tactics
more ❯
Noun
▲
Place to hide, have privacy
refuge
sanctuary
haven
retreat
shelter
bolt-hole
harbourUK
sanctum
hideaway
ark
asylum
foxhole
harborUS
harborage
hideout
resort
fastness
hide-out
querencia
anchorage
bolthole
cover
covert
den
escape
exit
expedient
fortress
hiding place
hole
home
immunity
makeshift
opening
outlet
place of shelter
port
preserve
recourse
resource
safe haven
safe house
shield
stopgap
stronghold
zoar
bolt hole
place of safety
ivory tower
port in a storm
safe place
way out
more ❯
Noun
▲
A fierce or destructive attack
onslaught
attack
assault
charge
offensive
rush
aggression
blitz
raid
onset
descent
incursion
invasion
onrush
strike
advance
campaign
foray
sally
sortie
storming
attempt
barrage
blitzkrieg
bombardment
drive
offenceUK
offenseUS
push
salvo
storm
thrust
broadside
inroad
shower
torrent
volley
assailment
onfall
coup de main
struggle
move
undertaking
fight
enterprise
promotion
programUS
measure
appeal
lobby
demonstration
programmeUK
strategy
course of action
set of tactics
deed
fundraiser
evangelism
holy war
scramble
race
trend
fashion
craze
operations
boost
furthering
way forward
dart
sprint
bolt
steamroller
pilgrimage
odyssey
cavalcade
junket
motion
fast track
foundation
purpose
ideal
tenet
belief
charity
conviction
interest
objective
goal
object
principles
plan
intention
project
faith
bid
creed
act
organizationUS
mobilizationUS
organisationUK
mobilisationUK
more ❯
Noun
▲
A hollow space inside something
recess
hollow
alcove
cavity
niche
bay
corner
nook
apse
oriel
hole
inglenook
aumbry
exedra
tabernacle
tokonoma
angle
carrel
cell
closet
cove
cranny
crutch
crypt
cubicle
embrasure
fork
mouth
opening
reaches
retreat
slot
socket
hiding place
secret place
apartment
bedroom
small compartment
cave
part of building
office
ventricle
auricle
case
flat
chest
lodging
bay window
picture window
more ❯
Verb
▲
To be hiding, waiting to ambush or attack someone
surprise
ambuscade
trap
waylay
bushwhack
ensnare
attack
deceive
dupe
entrap
surprize
assail
assault
decoy
hide
hook
jap
jump
lurk
net
pounce on
surround
wait
attack by surprise
box in
dry gulch
hem in
lay a trap for
lay for
lie in wait for
set an ambush for
set trap
lie in wait
take by surprise
do
hit
burglarizeUS
raid
steal from
burglariseUK
more ❯
“Howard survived, just as he did in January when he was ambushed in a North Side car wash.”
Verb
▲
To take violent or aggressive action against
attack
assault
assail
hit
hurt
beat
mug
aggress
batter
harm
bean
kick
overwhelm
sic
boot
clock
pummelledUK
pummelUS
besiege
bother
clip
jump
brain
larrup
slog
strike
bop
paste
sick
trash
biff
bust
harass
wallop
beset
boff
bushwhack
thrash
bat
blister
cook
punch
club
pound
stab
whop
assault physically
beat up
chop down
descend on
descend upon
do over
fall upon
jump on
knock about
knock around
knock cold
lace into
lay into
light into
pitch into
pounce on
pounce upon
rough up
sail into
set about
set on
set upon
strike at
tear into
turn on
work over
beat up on
duff someone up
get stuck into
go in on
knock block off
lash out at
lay siege to
let fly at
weigh into
belabourUK
invade
belaborUS
hit out at
hammer
drub
wade into
go for
launch an attack on
lash out
strike out
thump
lambaste
hit out
strike out at
swoop on
blitz
pounce
lunge at
abuse
advance on
give someone a beating
come at
descend
attempt to capture
take by storm
make a raid on
bash
pelt
blast
clobber
maltreat
capture
fill in
march on
run at
take a pop at
sally
make an onslaught on
launch an attack
march into
lunge
let fly
fly
leap at
leap
threaten
lash
jump at
snap at
thrash about
flail around
berate
turn on someone
take a swing
terrorizeUS
kick in
weigh into someone
wade into someone
terroriseUK
overcome
manhandle
slam
potshot
excoriate
lambast
tackle
castigate
scathe
vituperate
savage
search
blindside
infiltrate
smash
charge at
molest
vilify
malign
impugn
encounter
roughhouse
penetrate
dive into
shoot down
rush at
spring on
take
mistreat
mishandle
harry
bombard
lay about
swoop
have at
launch at
spring at
rush upon
converge on
approach
smite
bomb
torpedo
open fire on
make a foray on
conduct an offensive on
wade in
afflict
devastate
make a sortie on
bash up
ill-treat
close in on
come close to
move in on
set in on
go in
take down
surge into
take on
surge over
slap around
make a raid
assault someone
foray into
battle
criticiseUK
get at
fire at
criticizeUS
tell off
swoop down upon
sally forth
fire on
make inroads on
come closer to
draw nearer to
press on towards
move close to
draw near to
move closer to
make an assault
make an attack
appear
arrive
lay into someone
set upon someone
fall upon someone
fall on someone
deal a blow to
deal a blow
draw near
bear down on
arrive in hordes
drop in
turn up
come in force
show up
more ❯
Verb
▲
To confront through the use of military force
attack
invade
assault
raid
strike
blitz
infiltrate
storm
conquer
penetrate
secure
breach
rush
beset
bombard
pillage
advance
assail
seize
infringe
overwhelm
plunder
pounce
charge
maraud
combat
ravage
strafe
encroach
occupy
capture
shell
begin hostilities
descend upon
fire at
fire on
march into
surge over
swoop on
take down
begin an assault
take the offensive
appropriate
take possession of
subjugate
acquire
take control of
garrison
dominate
obtain
commandeer
arrogate
expropriate
prevail
usurp
achieve
take control
succeed
overcome
hold
crush
subdue
overpower
pester
throng
pacify
overthrow
crowd
press
defile
pack
flock
harry
harass
crawl over
worry
pollute
riddle
teem
gain control of
prevail over
hegemonize
keep
crawl through
requisition
possess
cybersquat
control
abound in
oppress
rule
crawl all over
trim
massacre
lambaste
defeat
clobber
whip
lick
beat
drub
thrash
take possession
put to flight
more ❯
Verb
▲
To capture or attack suddenly and unexpectedly
surprise
ambuscade
waylay
bushwhack
capture
disrupt
disturb
interrupt
take by surprise
catch napping
catch off guard
catch out
catch red-handed
catch unawares
spring upon
catch off-balance
catch off-guard
come upon
intrude on
lay for
spring on
burst in on
catch in flagrante delicto
come down on
drop in on
lie in wait
catch in the act
catch on the hop
catch someone with their pants down
catch someone with their trousers down
come down on like a bolt from the blue
wrong-foot
sneak up on
catch in flagrante
steal up on
come up behind
come up on
approach unnoticed
stalk
trip up
outmaneuverUS
throw
outmanoeuvreUK
find unprepared
catch in an unguarded moment
catch somebody with their pants down
catch somebody with their trousers down
more ❯
Verb
▲
To catch in a snare or trap
trap
catch
snare
capture
bag
ensnare
entrap
seize
take
corner
enmesh
hook
land
collar
nail
arrest
nab
ambuscade
cop
corral
get
glom
grab
grapple
lift
net
nobble
rap
secure
snag
snatch
waylay
apprehend
block
circumvent
con
decoy
mousetrap
overtake
snap up
surprise
trammel
take prisoner
box in
fence in
lock in
rope in
run to ground
set up
suck in
take in
take into custody
lay hold of
run to earth
lay a trap for
appropriate
obtain
get hold of
nick
clutch
grip
pinch
pick up
commandeer
win
grab hold of
detain
hold
pull in
take hold of
invade
pluck
achieve
run in
bring in
wrest
procure
bust
clench
clasp
score
accept eagerly
grasp with both hands
lay hands on
expropriate
kidnap
skyjack
take up
steal
act on
go for
maximizeUS
restrain
capitalize on
maximiseUK
attain
accept
possess
grab at
realizeUS
act upon
carry
prehend
take hostage
have
lasso
take possession
realiseUK
seize hold of
rob
garrison
thieve
arrogate
dominate
extricate
pirate
yank
make the most of
buy eagerly
confiscate
purloin
milk
pilfer
hegemonize
draw
earn
buy quickly
misappropriate
keep
shanghai
reap
garner
profit from
play on
cash in on
benefit from
put to use
turn to account
profit by
jump
possess oneself of
confront
swoop down on
snap something up
gain possession of
run away with
come by
knock down
pull down
catch hold of
make off with
knock off
get hands on
cling to
latch on to
hold on to
lay claim to
handle
get one's fingers on
hang on to
scrape
reserve
prevail
preempt
leap
succeed
jag
claim
tie
pin
button
swing
crush
blag
place under arrest
embezzle
trouser
pacify
overthrow
snatch at
wire
take control
be appointed to
catch in
pillage
prevail over
address
accost
get caught in
get caught on
leverage
harness
flog
swipe
snavel
plunder
take illegally
stop
halt
approach
hail
bring
gather
collect
finesse
save
rescue
free
pull
snaffle
snitch
heist
filch
jack
shout to
importune
speak to
talk to
buttonhole
solicit
call to
gain control of
borrow
carjack
make
round up
recover
salvage
beach
take receipt of
shoplift
loot
populate
people
settle
swoop on
welcome with open arms
grab with both hands
go for enthusiastically
show enthusiasm for
take aside
intercept
receive
jerk
use
glove
get out
pick
reach
struggle
make the best use of
draw on
use to advantage
make use of
get mileage out of
make capital of
use to good advantage
make capital out of
avail oneself of
use for one's own ends
play upon
pioneer
pursue
wrestle
fight
bear
get a hold of
initiate a discussion with
haul in
reel in
grab away
control
requisition
cybersquat
battle
utilizeUS
gather up
lay one's hands on
get one's hands on
own
tussle
combat
abscond with
walk away with
walk off with
help oneself to
run off with
found
get fingers on
clap hands on
take a grip of
come into possession of
oppress
rule
fasten on
feel someone's collar
scuffle
command
open up
transplant
immigrate
migrate
settle in
inhabit
deal
clash
contend
engage
rip off
carry away
tackle
face
cope
utiliseUK
gain from
derive benefit from
put to advantage
take action on
jump on
build on
follow up on
not let go of
adhere
wring
wield
palm
keep close
clinch
have in one's hand
hold close
close
brawl
rassle
encounter
hold for ransom
establish a colony in
strive
put down roots in
hug
fasten
take on
come to grips
get to grips
address yourself to
do battle
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Verb
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To stop, deflect or divert (something in progress or motion)
intercept
block
catch
check
seize
stop
interrupt
obstruct
take
arrest
commandeer
cut off
expropriate
grab
impede
snatch
attack
challenge
deflect
detain
interdict
accost
appropriate
buttonhole
capture
confront
curb
divert
head off
hijack
hinder
interlope
interpose
prevent
shortstop
tackle
waylay
pick off
pounce on
take on
cut in
swoop down on
take away
make off with
head off at pass
wrestle
throw
sack
fell
grasp
floor
nail
clutch
grapple
down
contend with
bring down
knock down
grapple with
throw down
face up to
take hold of
put the freeze on
bring to the ground
have a go at
rugby-tackle
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Verb
▲
To spring upon suddenly to attack or capture
pounce
jump
attack
jump on
leap
leap on
mug
spring on
strike
swoop
swoop on
take unawares
bound
bound at
dart
dash
dive
dive at
drop
fall on
grab
lunge at
seize
set on
snatch
spring
surge
tackle
attack suddenly
catch off-guard
drop down on
swoop down on
take by surprise
fall upon
make a grab for
seize upon
stoop
speed
zoom
scurry
tear
swing
slide
fall
launch oneself
make for
set upon
sprint
zip
scamper
break
move suddenly
fly down
shoot
startle
scoot
start
fly
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▲
Pursue or approach stealthily
stalk
hunt
chase
follow
hound
shadow
trail
course
dog
pursue
tail
approach
be after
creep up on
drive
go after
haunt
lurk
menace
pace
prowl
striddle
track
track down
run after
flush out
give chase to
walk up to
bird-dog
trace
investigate
rush after
come after
keep up the pace with
keep pace with
be hot on someone's heels
tread on the heels of
dog the footsteps of
observe furtively
spy
harry
keep a watch on
accompany
plague
harass
attend
badger
probe
prowl after
move behind
quest
elicit
play catch up
pry
camp on the doorstep of
search out
dig out
sniff out
scout out
chase down
smoke out
get at
worm out
root out
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Verb
▲
To be victorious over
defeat
beat
conquer
overthrow
worst
crush
lick
overwhelm
subdue
overpower
rout
best
overcome
quell
trounce
vanquish
subjugate
clobber
demolish
master
stuff
tank
bust
hammer
quash
thrash
whip
pulveriseUK
pulverizeUS
slaughter
annihilate
crucify
drub
flog
massacre
murder
paste
pound
skunk
smash
steamroll
total
trash
undo
wallop
whack
cane
cream
deck
destroy
dispatch
flatten
floor
get
marmalize
overbear
overmatch
overturn
pommel
ruin
sink
stop
surmount
take
trim
upend
upset
whitewash
zap
drop
edge
outplay
powder
shellac
slam
slay
subvert
tan
torpedo
trample
axeUK
axUS
work against
make waves
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