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What is another word for
ambush
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Noun
A surprise attack by people lying in wait in a concealed position
The state of hiding or lying in wait in preparation for an attack
The state of being vanquished
The act of inveigling, or the state of being inveigled
A trap or difficult situation that one is caught up in
Concealed trap
Surprise attack
Methods used to scare
A quick violent robbery of a person, usually in a public place
Place to hide, have privacy
A fierce or destructive attack
A hollow space inside something
Verb
To be hiding, waiting to ambush or attack someone
To take violent or aggressive action against
To confront through the use of military force
To capture or attack suddenly and unexpectedly
Let someone have it
To stop, deflect or divert (something in progress or motion)
To spring upon suddenly to attack or capture
To force (a person or animal) into a place or situation from which it is hard to escape
To comprehensively defeat
Pursue or approach stealthily
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▲
Noun
▲
A surprise attack by people lying in wait in a concealed position
trap
ambuscade
snare
ambushment
ensnarement
lure
surprise attack
waylaying
net
surprise
web
springe
booby trap
cage
lying in wait
prison
mousetrap
bait
decoy
honeypot
set-up
noose
gin
honey trap
lasso
“It has been stated that, at Guasimas, the Rough Riders were trapped in an
ambush
.”
Noun
▲
The state of hiding or lying in wait in preparation for an attack
hiding
concealment
cover
camouflage
lurking
lying in wait
“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
pasting
defeat
hammering
hiding
caning
demolition
clobbering
pounding
plastering
walloping
thumping
battering
going-over
lump
crushing defeat
overwhelming defeat
mauling
downfall
worsting
vanquishing
conquering
besting
subduing
overpowering
thwarting
domination
pulverizing
US
flattening
coup
routing
subjugating
quelling
quashing
defeating
suppression
squashing
wipeout
whitewash
takeover
elimination
overcoming
crushing
victory
pulverising
UK
breaking
extinction
sweep
foil
dominating
pwnage
ownage
win over
success over
victory over
triumph over
game, set and match
glory over
supremacy over
clean sweep
grand slam
flogging
belting
tanning
lashing
birching
flaying
fiasco
bashing
slapping
smacking
pummelling
UK
thwacking
punching
cuffing
buffeting
pelting
cudgelling
UK
lambasting
clubbing
whacking
walkover
subdual
flagellation
biffing
bopping
slugging
duffing-up
doing-over
beating-up
scourging
leathering
chastisement
landslide
end
pummeled
US
cudgeling
US
cane
birch
success
win
spanking
dusting
bludgeoning
humiliation
state of defeat
subjection
subjecting
washout
kicking
working-over
murder
disappointment
score
splash
horsewhipping
romp
big win
bullwhipping
strap
belt
lathering
pulverisation
UK
pulverization
US
defeatedness
switching
strapping
punishment
game
scourge
castigation
lash
pummeling
switch
clampdown
crackdown
superiority
runaway victory
decisive victory
advantage
overwhelming majority
repression
prevention
stopping
prohibition
termination
discontinuation
cowing
the strap
dissolution
halting
arrest
hitting
striking
knocking
boxing
attack
assault
stamping out
suppressing
abolishment
dominance
obliteration
overriding
abolition
mate
ending
checkmate
corporal punishment
snuffing out
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
lure
drawing card
fascination
interest
turn-on
allure
ensnarement
red herring
entrapment
pitfall
facade
pretence
UK
deception
chicanery
pretense
US
stick
catch
smoke screen
nark
beard
stool pigeon
shill
distraction
plant
blind
stoolie
booster
chicane
imitation
trickery
façade
blow off
front
charm
magnetism
glamour
UK
glamor
US
persuasion
charisma
attractiveness
enchantment
seductiveness
pizzazz
US
coaxing
bewitchment
captivation
magic
pzazz
UK
come-hither look
bedroom eyes
blandishment
oomph
pizazz
duende
witchery
tantalization
force field
animal magnetism
the jazz
fancy
offer
hankering
provocation
yen
desirability
cajolery
bribery
sweetening
promise
come hither
dazzle
beauty
drawing power
mojo
captivatingness
je ne sais quoi
more ❯
Noun
▲
A trap or difficult situation that one is caught up in
web
trap
toils
snare
net
entanglement
mesh
morass
quagmire
quicksand
tanglement
noose
meshes
booby trap
Noun
▲
Concealed trap
booby trap
con
land mine
ruse
setup
trick
baited trap
deadfall
decoy
hidden danger
mine
mousetrap
pitfall
set-up
snare
trap
trip wire
device
ploy
dodge
artifice
stratagem
deception
fraud
manoeuvre
UK
deceit
wile
scheme
hoax
scam
swindle
subterfuge
sting
machination
gimmick
move
expedient
chicanery
trickery
contrivance
flimflam
duplicity
imposition
game
fakery
cheat
fetch
bluff
play
jig
rort
conspiracy
gambit
feint
juggle
sleight
lurk
bunco
gyp
grift
maneuver
US
knack
plot
shenanigan
wheeze
canard
imposture
shift
rig
flanker
pretense
US
treachery
sharp practice
fastie
schlenter
confidence trick
pretence
UK
falsehood
con trick
cover
distortion
delusion
rip-off
double-dealing
invention
more ❯
Noun
▲
Surprise attack
sneak attack
Pearl Harbor
shock tactics
surprisal
unforeseen attack
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
pressurizing
US
unnerving
pressuring
domineering
subduing
threatening
terrorizing
US
tormenting
frightening
daunting
persecution
plaguing
tyrannization
hounding
pressurization
US
harassment
oppression
cowing
menaces
harrying
railroading
demoralising
UK
terrorising
UK
threats
pressurisation
UK
extortion
fear
demoralizing
US
pressurising
UK
steamrollering
bulldozing
constraint
compulsion
enforcement
menace
influence
demand
violence
obligation
warning
commination
insistence
restraint
strong-arm tactic
exaction
force majeure
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
strong arm
threatening remark
intimidatory remark
hardship
captivity
confinement
incarceration
maltreatment
victimisation
UK
mistreatment
victimization
US
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
▲
A quick violent robbery of a person, usually in a public place
mugging
theft
robbery
holdup
assault
attack
bag-snatch
purse-snatch
burglary
raid
stickup
stealing
heist
larceny
embezzlement
looting
thievery
pilfering
crime
misappropriation
pillage
plunder
shoplifting
thieving
fraud
rip-off
snatch
hold-up
swindle
break-in
stick-up
peculation
job
defalcation
plundering
armed robbery
filching
pilferage
swindling
blag
smash-and-grab
purloining
expropriation
home invasion
caper
dacoity
steal
pinch
sacking
robbing
smash-and-grab raid
ram raid
ransacking
pillaging
appropriation
banditry
thievishness
marauding
annexation
smash and grab
vandalism
score
deprivation
extortion
cheating
hustle
lift
piracy
racket
snitch
filch
fleece
defrauding
rapacity
sack
steaming
housebreaking
depredation
rapine
spoliation
hit
breaking and entering
felony
nicking
purse-snatching
unlawful act
raiding
devastation
despoiling
rape
ravaging
laying waste
pinching
ravin
despoliation
reaving
forced entry
harrying
destruction
pocketing
incident
swiping
lifting
touch
half-inching
sting
second-story work
stripping
plagiarism
violence
lawlessness
trespass
ruination
ruin
loss
despoilment
blagging
swoop
ravishing
raping
losing
mislaying
damage
ravages
raids
wreckage
ravage
snaffling
skimming
abstraction
wasting
desolation
desecration
five-finger discount
misapplication
misuse
white-collar crime
nobbling
whipping
trespassing
burglarizing
disappearance
monkey business
siphoning off
ripping off
misuse of funds
safecracking
housebreak
prowl
breaking in
acts of destruction
stealing money
snatch and run
break and entry
aggravated burglary
owl job
more ❯
Noun
▲
Place to hide, have privacy
refuge
sanctuary
haven
retreat
shelter
bolt-hole
harbour
UK
sanctum
hideaway
ark
asylum
foxhole
harbor
US
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
nest
protection
security
hidey-hole
hermitage
lair
oasis
concealment
screen
nook
haunt
safety
hidy-hole
defence
UK
defense
US
armor
US
safeguard
armour
UK
sanctum sanctorum
habitat
place of security
safeguarding
guard
dock
safe harbor
ward
safe keeping
aegis
snuggery
place of escape
buckler
shade
dwelling
aerie
stash
cache
domain
housing
cloister
joint
purlieu
pen
weapon
fortification
barrier
roadstead
hangout
rendezvous
resistance
resting place
secret place
moorage
harbourage
marina
deterrent
shielding
deterrence
guarding
cushion
roads
mooring
wall
egis
bulwark
buffer
stamping ground
dockage
wharf
stomping ground
fence
shock absorber
snug
recess
penthouse
brood
study
shadow
office
island
private room
secluded
form
earth
lee
a roof
sequestered nook
comfort zone
church
convent
port of call
bumper
preventative
preventive
hedge
hiding
private space
hole-up
docks
barricade
bastion
cottage
dacha
lodging
roof
accommodation
pier
jetty
cabin
adytum
digs
pad
quarterage
shed
crib
seaport
hithe
ammunition
accommodations
boatyard
piers
landing
dockyard
living quarters
somewhere to stay
somewhere to live
roof over head
hole in the wall
dive
territory
warfare
weaponry
munitions
a roof over your head
spot
abode
biosphere
site
roost
habitation
citadel
arms
patch
bar
manor
favourite spot
local
honky-tonk
natural home
home ground
meeting place
hang-out
realm
centre
UK
spa
berth
quay
moorings
fount
source
cradle
fountainhead
watering hole
social place
honeypot
slip
hotel
spring
camp
holiday destination
center
US
motel
tourist trap
holiday centre
park
inn
lodge
fat farm
tourist center
mineral spring
tourist centre
watering place
hot spring
holiday spot
place of origin
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
offence
UK
offense
US
push
salvo
storm
thrust
broadside
inroad
shower
torrent
volley
assailment
onfall
coup de main
irruption
razzia
crusade
act of aggression
assailing
encroachment
fusillade
battery
cannonade
hail
intrusion
movement
bombing
act of war
swoop
shelling
flurry
drumfire
drumbeat
initiative
crackdown
military operation
cause
flow
flood
stream
seizure
bandwagon
surge
exertion
deluge
violence
heavy attack
juggernaut
effort
stampede
pounding
avalanche
operation
reconnaissance
wave
penetration
infiltration
trespass
cleanup
maneuver
US
manoeuvre
UK
dash
usurpation
clampdown
intervention
encounter
commitment
hit
skirmish
pounce
defilement
commencement of hostilities
roar
din
agitation
strife
impingement
mission
military advance
expedition
venture
depredation
strafe
gunfire
obtrusion
fire
strafing
pelting
air strike
air attack
sweep
shootup
flak
bombing campaign
spread
infringement
lightning attack
saturation bombing
advancement
air raid
artillery fire
bomb
burst
surprise attack
endeavour
UK
march
passage
progression
hit-and-run raid
hit-and-run attack
tip-and-run raid
occupation
annexation
takeover
conquering
capture
all-out effort
concerted effort
set-to
endeavor
US
manoeuvres
UK
engagement
war
procession
progress
process
appropriation
warfare
action
battle
jihad
maneuvers
US
outpouring
effusion
headway
tide
flux
furtherance
elimination
arrogation
annexing
expropriation
battle plan
military campaign
overrunning
overwhelming
going
blizzard
overstepping
maraud
subjugation
conquest
entrenchment
transgression
inundation
tidal wave
forced entrance
aerial attack
aerial bombardment
air offensive
crossfire
blast
discharge
breaking in
enfilade
forcible entry
weapon fire
sniping
firing
curtain of fire
wall of fire
barrier of fire
shooting
takedown
bust
subjection
gauntlet
crucible
ordeal
bombarding
trial
gantlet
cross
suzerainty
colonization
US
rule
possession
control
air campaign
fire raid
air assault
saturation raid
bombing mission
bombing run
bombing raid
shuttle raid
entering
foreign rule
colonisation
UK
explosion
cannonading
round
surprise search
raid on
overrunning of
invasion of
foray into
storming of
attack on
arrival
assault on
thrust into
sally into
sortie into
descent on
blitz on
advance into
advance on
push into
sally against
intrusion into
night raid
obtrusion into
appropriation of
trespass on
infiltration of
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
compartment
cubbyhole
booth
pigeonhole
chamber
cabin
indentation
hideaway
box
stall
bower
kiosk
hide-out
den
cube
enclosure
cupboard
crevice
fireside
grotto
aperture
hidey-hole
gazebo
fireplace
byplace
pergola
arbour
UK
hut
space
sanctuary
quoin
small room
locker
arbor
US
hearthside
summer house
shady place
berth
receptacle
pocket
place
pen
coop
ingle
hideout
gap
shelter
study
anteroom
cubby
secluded spot
shelf
label
storeroom
category
bow window
section
partition
part
sukkah
repository
dispensary
pew
hutch
shed
cote
conservatory
belvedere
summerhouse
pavilion
slit
carriage
pouch
mihrab
portion
piece
subdivision
copse
grove
leafy shelter
thicket
dell
specialty
US
forte
specialization
US
role
position
speciality
UK
tier
specialisation
UK
shady recess
lock-up
dungeon
room
shady retreat
prison
oubliette
peter
bullpen
tank
container
burrow
drunk tank
jail cell
hold
lockup
cage
antechamber
vault
tower
prison cell
keep
cloister
crib
bastille
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
ambuscade
ensnare
trap
waylay
attack
entrap
bushwhack
surprise
assail
assault
hook
pounce on
surprize
attack by surprise
dry gulch
lay a trap for
lie in wait for
set an ambush for
set trap
lie in wait
take by surprise
catch
capture
snare
lurk
bag
nail
prowl
collar
nab
lift
lay hold of
trammel
run to earth
run to ground
rob
stalk
hold up
mug
approach
jump
stop
box
skulk
slink
stick up
lay for
set upon
lay in wait for
wait in the shadows
conceal yourself
hide
seize
net
snarl
ensnarl
entoil
immesh
mesh
entangle
enmesh
tangle
catch up
snag
involve
land
embroil
implicate
cop
corral
nobble
apprehend
arrest
detain
grab
take
snatch
glom
mire
grapple
rap
get
snap up
take into custody
pull in
bust
embrangle
pinch
nick
take prisoner
engage
broil
take captive
lasso
mix up
intertwine
reel in
bog down
pick up
run in
twist
secure
entwine
enchain
appropriate
abduct
incriminate
carry off
restrain
prehend
take hostage
haul in
round up
feel your collar
bring in
tangle up
place under arrest
fetter
commandeer
kidnap
take hold of
take possession of
trouble
wire
springe
decoy
pick off
take in
interweave
interlace
take possession
foul
get hold of
get your hands on
knot
grab hold of
intertwist
draw in
stick
set back
hang up
cling
flounder
lure
entice
deceive
trick
seduce
allure
beguile
ravel
beach
inveigle
lead on
benet
betrap
intertangle
get one's fingers on
suck in
box in
rope in
set a trap for
draw
inculpate
impute
suck
draw into
suck into
involve in
implicate in
stitch up
mix up in
more ❯
“In frogfishes, these fins are fully capable of grasping, an adaptation that helps them hold still as they attempt to
ambush
their prey.”
Verb
▲
To take violent or aggressive action against
attack
assault
assail
hurt
mug
aggress
batter
harm
overwhelm
sic
besiege
jump
strike
sick
trash
beset
bushwhack
blister
cook
descend on
descend upon
fall upon
jump on
pounce on
pounce upon
set on
set upon
strike at
tear into
turn on
go in on
lash out at
lay siege to
let fly at
turn to violence
charge
rush
storm
lay into
raid
rough up
work over
light into
lace into
steam
knock down
beat up
do over
duff up
surprise
waylay
fly at
hold up
beat up on
set at
go at
lie in wait for
round on
pitch into
invade
blitz
fall on
swoop on
launch an attack on
make an assault on
launch oneself at
attempt to capture
take by storm
make a raid on
capture
bust
hit
run at
get stuck into
set about
hit out at
go for
come at
advance on
wade into
make an onslaught on
have at
have a go at
launch an attack
let someone have it
march into
overrun
terrorize
US
terrorise
UK
blindside
smash
blast
infiltrate
pounce
descend
smite
open fire on
penetrate
take
belabour
UK
afflict
devastate
shoot down
accost
launch at
give someone a beating
spring at
go after
rush upon
beat the living daylights out of
rush at
spring on
maltreat
impugn
overcome
make a foray on
conduct an offensive on
belabor
US
encounter
harry
bombard
make a sortie on
sally
charge at
make an assault
make an attack
set in on
take down
surge into
go in
take on
surge over
deal a blow to
torpedo
deal a blow
bomb
weigh into
sail into
march on
foray into
sally forth
fire on
make inroads on
swoop down upon
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
bomb
cannonade
pound
batter
barrage
torpedo
blitzkrieg
fusillade
pepper
blast
open fire on
pelt
rake
overrun
permeate
enfilade
win
fire upon
devastate
sack
despoil
hit
ransack
pervade
infest
sally
shower
machine-gun
loot
harry
spoliate
depredate
swarm
enter
sweep
besiege
overspread
descend on
swarm over
take over
foray into
open fire
spread over
make inroads on
rain down on
fire a broadside at
take somebody or something by storm
launch
catapult
shoot at
shoot down
mortar
rake with gunfire
pummel
US
lapidate
level
riddle
scatter
flatten
rob
stone
pummelled
UK
napalm
prang
throw at
blow up
blow to bits
beat down upon
blow sky-high
drop bombs on
reave
bushwhack
perfuse
imbue
fill
rain destruction
sic
sick
trash
probe
turn on
jump on
set upon
set on
wreak havoc on
swamp
annex
US
go in on
spread through
diffuse through
inundate
shoot
blaze
kill
exceed
make a raid on
march on
pounce on
pounce upon
lay waste to
outrun
overshoot
overgrow
surpass
swoop down upon
sally forth
fall upon
be disseminated through
flow through
take
gain
choke
overstep
overreach
outreach
transcend
break
overpass
overflow
rout
flood
violate
infect
destroy
wreck
smash
deluge
spill
flow over
surge
go beyond
target
run over
grow over
plague
crash
meddle
colonise
UK
access
overswarm
parasitize
US
burglarize
US
inroad
trespass
foray
colonize
US
entrench
annexe
UK
parasitise
UK
burglarise
UK
interfere
wipe out
run on
well over
mow down
infringe on
spread like wildfire
run riot over
spread like wildfire over
burst in
go in
make inroads
burst in on
muscle in
fall on
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
creep up on
take unawares
startle
give a shock
pounce on
sneak up on
wrong-foot
catch in flagrante
find unprepared
catch in an unguarded moment
stalk
outmanoeuvre
UK
outmaneuver
US
throw
steal up on
trip up
come up behind
come up on
approach unnoticed
more ❯
Verb
▲
Let someone have it
fall on
assail
attack
assault
surprise
accost
charge
fly at
jump
pounce upon
rush
set about
set upon
storm
lace into
launch oneself at
lay into
let fly at
pitch into
sail into
tear into
light into
make an assault on
beat someone up
get stuck into
have a go at
let someone have it
turn on
round on
lash out at
strike
pounce on
set on
hit out at
weigh into
beset
beat
thrash
belabour
UK
pummel
US
launch an attack on
hammer
paste
descend upon
sick
jump on
descend on
go in on
sic
belabor
US
pummelled
UK
thump
drub
invade
bushwhack
trash
raid
strike out at
hit
wade into
beat up
batter
besiege
work over
rough up
go for
blitz
fall upon
pound
mug
wallop
lambaste
knock about
give someone a beating
do over
knock around
duff up
beat up on
swoop on
have at
beat the living daylights out of
advance on
launch an attack
bust
strike at
fire at
pelt
battle
get at
launch at
spring at
go after
rush upon
run at
rush at
spring on
set at
go at
terrorise
UK
terrorize
US
shoot down
blast
march into
make a raid on
attempt to capture
make an onslaught on
blindside
smash
take by storm
open fire on
lose one's temper with
jump down someone's throat
bite someone's head off
deal a blow to
afflict
deal a blow
pounce
descend
make an assault
smite
aggress
make an attack
devastate
maltreat
come at
impugn
encounter
lash
abuse
berate
belt
clobber
bop
punch
smack
bash
whack
biff
buffet
knock
whale
clout
sock
tan
bang
slog
bat
thwack
slap
bludgeon
knock into the middle of next week
boff
clip
whomp
rain blows on
welt
flog
slug
swat
deck
slosh
lam
quilt
dong
whip
crack
swinge
slam
swipe
lay one on
stick one on
give someone a good hiding
lick
cudgel
clock
cuff
rap
box
birch
clap
bonk
nail
zap
bob
tag
baste
give someone a hiding
club
give someone a drubbing
give someone a good beating
give someone a good drubbing
chin
whop
paddle
lather
lace
maul
hide
switch
slate
thresh
lambast
pommel
whap
whup
tromp
fib
curry
do
tonk
punch out
mess up
bung up
hook
cane
sucker-punch
crown
dot
floor
king-hit
welly
kick
let fly
larrup
plug
wham
lunge at
assault physically
take a pop at
bombard
crash
thud
drive
blow
malleate
forge
draw
bust up
bam
bump
snap at
take out
plant one
hurt
harm
hit out
knock block off
knock for a loop
knock cold
jab
knock out
pop
ride roughshod
ding
stone
give a black eye
lob
pellet
flax
KO
percuss
brain
flail
dab
zonk
tap
whang
uppercut
wreck
deface
mutilate
brutalize
US
dash against
mangle
punish
lacerate
aim blows at
break
disable
disfigure
maim
bruise
contuse
brutalise
UK
cripple
lame
take a swing
lash out
kick in
fill in
ram
trounce
mash
crush
let have it
rain blows upon
more ❯
Verb
▲
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
hail
address
approach
halt
collar
nobble
speak to
solicit
call to
take aside
talk to
importune
shout to
corner
initiate a discussion with
stop and talk to
hound
question
flag
bother
cross
interview
discuss something with
cross-examine
whistle for
run into
surround
restrict
pin down
more ❯
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
rush
lunge
charge
pitch
sweep
plunge
thrust
descend
plummet
bolt
nosedive
lurch
burst
drive
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
more ❯
Verb
▲
To force (a person or animal) into a place or situation from which it is hard to escape
corner
trap
catch
capture
enclose
surround
ambuscade
bottle
waylay
collar
mousetrap
nab
seize
tree
block off
close in
pen in
cut off
hem in
shut in
bring to bay
run to ground
drive into a corner
run to earth
get on ropes
have up a tree
arrest
confine
pen
imprison
take into custody
hedge in
box in
pin down
lock in
take in
hold captive
fence in
take prisoner
Verb
▲
To comprehensively defeat
flog
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
pulverise
UK
pulverize
US
slaughter
annihilate
crucify
drub
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
shellac
slam
slay
subvert
tan
torpedo
trample
triumph over
whomp
butcher
decimate
entrap
flax
lambaste
obliterate
outflank
outhit
outjump
outmanoeuvre
UK
outmaneuver
US
outrun
overrun
own
route
shipwreck
skin
swamp
knock out
prevail over
win against
plow under
wipe out
work over
blow out
edge out
get the better of
nose out
run rings round
wipe the floor with
finish off
give someone a drubbing
give someone a hiding
KO
mow down
put paid to
run roughshod over
take it all
take to the cleaners
walk all over
win a victory over
bring someone to their knees
bring to ruin
do down
pip at the post
put an end to
roll back
run rings around
take to cleaners
bear down
get around
make mincemeat of
blow out of the water
turn inside out
pick apart
pwn
outclass
surpass
outdo
top
suppress
extinguish
better
outshine
blow away
repress
excel
smother
bury
wax
beat hollow
exceed
kill
outstrip
eclipse
smoke
devastate
break
whup
outperform
whop
whap
finish
tromp
waste
wreck
be victorious over
snow under
transcend
dust
bomb
dominate
reduce
overshadow
put in the shade
cap
curb
put down
defeat utterly
bring down
squelch
raze
topple
walk over
humble
do in
trump
go one better than
do better than
shatter
squash
tame
abolish
outdistance
gain mastery over
triumph
unseat
outmatch
outgun
control
overtop
stamp out
put to shame
tower over
eradicate
put the kibosh on
outrival
undermine
crack down on
desolate
thwart
frustrate
overtake
win a resounding victory over
rub out
level
upstage
leave standing
terminate
win
tower above
oust
down
check
scotch
end
depose
scupper
stifle
outvie
eliminate
gain a victory over
subordinate
pass
vaporize
US
outpace
beat down
be a cut above
rise above
throw
outsmart
snuff out
nix
get rid of
dethrone
pull down
silence
do for
tear down
be head and shoulders above
vaporise
UK
outrank
be better than
bulldoze
strike
weaken
run circles around
sabotage
impair
knock off
leave behind
blight
ravage
put away
subject
blast
dash
liquidate
pacify
mess up
wrack
dwarf
nuke
clamp down on
exterminate
slap down
walk away from
quench
knock spots off
take out
be superior to
bring to naught
batter
prevail
oppress
go one better
cripple
bash
extirpate
spank
knock for a loop
chasten
gain control of
outwit
be victorious
gain ascendancy over
get over
shut down
do
bridle
win over
improve on
outfox
cut to pieces
put a stop to
get a grip on
dismiss
knock down
hegemonize
improve upon
blow a hole in
humiliate
go beyond
demoralize
US
sap
blot out
immobilize
US
thump
hurdle
hide
mar
render incapable
enervate
belt
defeat heavily
supplant
render helpless
render powerless
thresh
bludgeon
maul
enfeeble
spoil
execute
pummel
US
knock over
buffet
immobilise
UK
neutralize
US
queer
baste
slog
whale
demoralise
UK
blow
desecrate
curry
grind down
shut out
assassinate
unbuild
depress
botch
beat up
chastise
put out
pummelled
UK
give someone a pasting
banjax
nip in the bud
dish
neutralise
UK
do away with
deal with
wipe off map
force
wreak havoc on
rough up
bung up
bump off
dispirit
enslave
exhaust
tire
restrain
cow
stagger
fatigue
displace
get the upper hand
beat back
foil
degrade
break down
incapacitate
eject
rule
out-think
impoverish
dismantle
arrest
drain
lather
debilitate
leather
dislodge
bring to heel
devitalize
take care of
roll
hit
weary
fell
overmaster
defenestrate
checkmate
bring under the yoke
get the upper hand over
punish
vitiate
injure
make a mess of
capsize
muller
leave
override
wear down
foul up
keep under thumb
hold sway over
damage
ruinate
disable
shoot ahead of
give a drubbing to
louse up
come out on top
bring to knees
disrupt
deprive
bowl over
remove
ice
sit on
outstep
ravish
despoil
take a stick to
off
put someone in their place
screw up
blow out of water
put the lid on
prostrate
cruel
euchre
get control of
shoot down
block out
dilapidate
mangle
strangle
bear down on
outgo
throw a spanner in the works of
axe
UK
invalidate
cope with
mutilate
maim
break up
tumble
dispose of
ax
US
throw a monkey wrench in the works of
wash out
put to death
raze to the ground
wipe off the face of the earth
blow to bits
shake off
get ahead of
lay waste
lay in ruins
shoot ahead
wipe off the map
score points off
bring about the downfall of
bring low
take apart
outthink
bypass
nullify
defeat easily
negate
take down
astonish
render speechless
steamroller
turn over
survive
weather
solve
stun
render
shock
outlive
govern
manage
regulate
knock for six
seize power
varnish
circumvent
curtail
see off
discomfit
confound
direct
command
scrunch
squish
crack down
come out on top of
knock your socks off
colonize
US
tyrannize
US
smite
demote
gain the upper hand over
make a fool of
cook one's goose
fix one's wagon
wipe off the mat
eat alive
reject
slap about
succeed over
weed out
enthrall
US
compel
coerce
underyoke
disrate
downgrade
be more than
get one up on
overpass
shame
club
destabilize
US
outjockey
lead
outfight
keep down
gain the advantage over
whelm
hose
tyrannise
UK
colonise
UK
enthral
UK
rule over
larrup
be the ruination of
predominate
get under control
bring under control
unsettle
beat the pants off
finesse
catch napping
steal a march on
smash down
endure
resist
birch
destruct
disassemble
snow
cook
quelch
put the skids under
be the ruin of
seal the doom of
trample underfoot
stand above
be a class above
stand head and shoulders above
be greater than
be on another level
be master of
take precedence
hold sway
kick around
disestablish
dissolve
put out of action
put out of commission
write off
blow up
kill off
climb
negotiate
vault
over
crest
leap
gain on
bang
knock
punch
throw down
reduce to ruins
gobble up
crack
wolf
blow to pieces
tear to pieces
put in toilet
uncrown
send to the gas chambers
torture
cut down
stick
put to the sword
force down
inhibit
discontinue
banish
reel back in
dampen
be unstoppable by
drive off
get further ahead of
pull a fast one
be one up on
fake out
draw away from
break someone's spirit
put to flight
halt
avenge
torment
undercut
clean up on
throw back in confusion
put to rout
lace
lambast
pelt
lash
paddle
fib
bat
switch
slate
belabor
US
get through
cause instability
interrupt
bottle
clamp
shush
spike
stem
abrogate
drive underground
trample on
rebel
reverse
destabilise
UK
supersede
invert
stretch
dumbfound
overawe
blank
shellack
cudgel
tonk
dispense with
phase out
drive out
get shot of
give the chop
cast out
knock something on the head
keep inside
cut off
keep in
hold down
hold in
usurp
unthrone
give the coup de grâce
take off
administer the coup de grâce
drive to the wall
carry off
take someone's life
move in for the kill
tower
outhussle
croak
put lid on
put kibosh on
ail
deject
trouble
lower
dishearten
dismay
disfigure
stiff
defile
deface
poison
bodge
scourge
sweep
discharge
defrock
unmake
belabour
UK
punch out
deplete
snuff
erase
discourage
shake
sadden
diminish
daunt
scrag
murk
gain control over
cancel
reduce to nothing
reduce to rubble
leave in ruins
bring to nothing
wreak havoc upon
clean out
leave desolate
discrown
shut off
roll over
lay out
efface
expunge
hang
give someone the works
decapitate
chill
dust off
garrote
US
take a life
garrotte
UK
take the life of
lynch
shoot
blow someone's brains out
guillotine
behead
knife
asphyxiate
terminate with extreme prejudice
electrocute
garotte
cool
do to death
delete
win the race
deaden
chagrin
abase
perturb
bother
distress
be the victor
win out
gain a victory
prevail against
come first
win hands down
take the crown
carry the day
get last laugh
take the cake
win through
take the prize
be successful
gain mastery of
take the honours
excise
scratch
scrub
weigh down
bum out
dull
cast down
damp down
remove from office
drum out
cross out
blank out
clean up
cut
remove all traces of
sweep away
destroy root and branch
ink out
X-out
wipe off face of earth
blue pencil
black out
blow sky-high
strike out
mark out
score out
cover
obscure
root out
rub off
frazzle
overtire
tax
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harm
knacker
overtax
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poop
hamstring
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hamper
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paralyze
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disarm
mow
have
craze
overreach
abate
crimp
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make weary
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tucker out
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take it out of
tire out
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fag out
wear out
balls up
work against
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Pursue or approach stealthily
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tail
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trace
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tag
run
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hunt down
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watch
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eye
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spy on
keep watch on
keep under surveillance
keep tabs on
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survey
keep a tab on
keep under observation
find
bedog
lurk nearby
lurk close by
lurk behind
follow secretly
seek
watch over
put a tail on
be on the prowl
chase after
give chase
stake out
keep a beady eye on
run to ground
search for
follow the trail of
locate
scout
seek out
run with
sleuth
follow on the heels of
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heel
chevy
chivy
shag
scent
take off after
go in pursuit of
look for
ferret out
dig up
smell out
gun for
tag along
follow on
string along
keep under watch
hang back
run to earth
linger behind
take out after
follow a scent
nose out
poke along
scrutinize
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check
cover
scrutinise
UK
eagle-eye
keep under scrutiny
keep a close watch on
keep under careful observation
keep one's eye on
watch closely
watch like a hawk
lurk in the shadows
investigate
rush after
come after
tread on the heels of
keep up the pace with
keep pace with
be hot on someone's heels
dog the footsteps of
harry
accompany
plague
harass
attend
ride
badger
prowl after
move behind
play catch up
observe furtively
spy
probe
camp on the doorstep of
quest
elicit
pry
work undercover
keep a watch on
secretly follow
search out
dig out
sniff out
scout out
chase down
smoke out
get at
worm out
root out
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