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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
Surprise attack
A cunning act or scheme intended to deceive or outwit someone
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
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 attack or confront someone or a group that is en route to a destination
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
booby trap
springe
decoy
set-up
cage
lying in wait
prison
mousetrap
bait
trick
ruse
con
honeypot
setup
gin
noose
lasso
honey trap
hidden danger
“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
defeat
pasting
hiding
demolition
hammering
plastering
caning
lump
worsting
vanquishing
conquering
besting
subduing
overpowering
thwarting
domination
clobbering
pounding
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
downfall
walloping
battering
flogging
end
thumping
going-over
overwhelming defeat
crushing defeat
mauling
birching
tanning
belting
dissolution
fiasco
slapping
smacking
pummelling
UK
lashing
thwacking
punching
cuffing
buffeting
pelting
flaying
cudgelling
UK
lambasting
clubbing
demise
bashing
whacking
walkover
subdual
duffing-up
doing-over
beating-up
biffing
bopping
slugging
termination
landslide
pummeled
US
cudgeling
US
break-up
success
win
ending
dusting
bludgeoning
humiliation
state of defeat
subjection
subjecting
washout
kicking
working-over
murder
score
splash
disappointment
big win
romp
decline
descent
flagellation
comedown
undoing
clampdown
crackdown
toppling
pulverisation
UK
pulverization
US
leathering
flameout
defeatedness
repression
disintegration
switching
strapping
spanking
punishment
scourging
subversion
prevention
stopping
prohibition
discontinuation
cowing
disestablishment
game
scourge
castigation
lash
cane
birch
pummeling
switch
halting
arrest
down
superiority
runaway victory
decisive victory
advantage
overwhelming majority
foundering
stamping out
suppressing
abolishment
dominance
obliteration
overriding
abolition
mate
checkmate
the strap
hitting
striking
knocking
boxing
chastisement
attack
assault
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
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
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
▲
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
manoeuvre
UK
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
maneuver
US
play
plot
rort
shenanigan
sleight
wheeze
decoy
fastie
flanker
imposture
pretence
UK
pretense
US
rig
schlenter
sharp practice
shift
snare
treachery
cover
delusion
distortion
falsehood
invention
set-up
confidence trick
double-dealing
rip-off
con trick
tactic
sham
plan
stunt
racket
intrigue
method
put-on
fake
means
blind
setup
strategy
hustle
measure
design
con game
facade
façade
course of action
fiddle
spoof
masquerade
front
twist
charade
act
pretext
smokescreen
humbug
cheating
put-up job
misrepresentation
craft
way
sleight of hand
sell
fast one
angle
show
prank
disguise
imitation
wangle
diddle
leg-pull
shell game
camouflage
evasion
line of action
shakedown
bait
instrument
stall
snow job
dissimulation
make-believe
allurement
simulation
step
action
confidence game
tack
counterfeit
booby trap
frame-up
mask
illusion
policy
course
guise
bunko
cloak
fast shuffle
game plan
kite
semblance
finesse
craftiness
frame
lie
cabal
pose
boondoggle
temptation
enticement
shenanigans
airs
cunning plan
jest
playacting
system
funny business
joke
whitewash
programme
UK
program
US
scheming
chicane
approach
dirty trick
tactics
fabrication
fix
lure
resort
red herring
catch
recourse
false front
resource
come-on
seducement
loophole
dirty pool
inveiglement
wrinkle
expediency
caper
codology
procedure
kidology
curveball
veil
stopgap
entrapment
ramp
swizz
swizzle
crime
refuge
posturing
Trojan horse
scenario
collusion
maneuvering
US
idea
attraction
graft
switch
pretension
dishonesty
jive
insincerity
hokum
brainchild
feigning
extortion
hanky-panky
blackmail
parody
fun
sport
concern
secret
fixture
fraudulent scheme
inducement
faking
hocus-pocus
manoeuvring
UK
distraction
false show
draw
arrangement
travesty
dirty work
double-cross
hook
practice
carrot
cover-up
smoke screen
covin
shady deal
master plan
line
plan of action
veneer
appearance
secret plan
medium
little game
sitting duck
makeshift
disposition
fit-up
recipe
proposition
duping
swindling
manipulation
methodology
planning
cunning
display
initiative
escapade
substitute
take-in
operation
demarche
shuffle
hypocrisy
guile
bamboozlement
screen
wrong
tool
hoodwinking
schtick
exploitation
artfulness
slyness
sellout
mockery
skullduggery
agency
forgery
phoney
UK
project
pitfall
embezzlement
falsification
pull
appeal
phony
US
gamesmanship
slant
plotting
routine
dupe
machinations
posing
bit of sharp practice
incentive
seduction
garb
acting
shuffling
ostentation
magnet
posture
image
snivel
impression
plant
song and dance
false pretense
smoke and mirrors
false appearance
dumb act
outward appearance
invitation
gold brick
blueprint
monkey business
bill of goods
call
bribe
crooked deal
siren song
sweetener
mousetrap
tout
ground plan
play-acting
bait and switch
drawing card
gadget
gizmo
widget
equivocation
jape
practical joke
kicker
antic
innovation
coinage
concoction
creation
fraudulence
feat
savvy
winning move
option
porky
quackery
path
road
charlatanry
formation
jugglery
jiggery-pokery
legerdemain
skulduggery
hidden danger
bilk
mare's-nest
fallacy
ride
malarkey
hogwash
story
pork pie
shuck
crock
fib
loss-leader
shtick
duck
quiz
dido
cunningness
improvisation
deed
hosing
plans
wiles
farce
pantomime
possibility
alternative
clever move
roguery
knavery
sweet talk
soft soap
crocodile tears
sanctimoniousness
cant
falseness
promotion
aid
apparatus
publicity device
eye-catching novelty
overcharging
stealing
movement
set of tactics
campaigning
manoeuvres
UK
generalship
toils
rip
beguilement
monkeyshines
horseplay
bit
scene
mock attack
deceptiveness
falsity
motion
interest
fascination
turn-on
intention
trumped-up charge
false charge
sucker game
subversion
phoniness
dissembling
snow
jiving
jazz
baloney
double cross
ensnarement
gin
cozening
hoaxing
oldest trick in the book
shifting
phoneyness
empty talk
hypocritical talk
hypocritical behaviour
Tartufferie
rug pull
deal
suggestion
daylight robbery
devices
diplomacy
defence
UK
how
maneuvers
US
form
manner
technique
defense
US
fashion
channels
campaign
style
contraption
mode
appliance
draft
US
draught
UK
secret scheme
mare's nest
flim-flam
burlesque
fiction
smoke
dragnet
snag
pretentiousness
simulacrum
pageant
mimicry
allure
proposal
bad deal
corruption
lies
propaganda
one-upmanship
bad buy
mere show
false colors
connivance
complicity
venture
undertaking
thought
formula
reproduction
copy
proceeding
attempt
progress
effort
enterprise
submission
animus
purpose
impersonation
mummery
instrumentality
cover up
run around
treatment
projection
squeeze
lay
theft
illegality
lawlessness
deviation
disturbance
distractor
commotion
diversion
interruption
costume
personation
color
US
colour
UK
revel
masking
false display
booster
stoolie
blow off
stick
beard
nark
stool pigeon
shill
push
solution
mock-up
dummy
pattern
complot
confederacy
attention-grabber
league
lookalike
likeness
red tape
curve ball
false face
false clue
fool's errand
false trail
wild-goose chase
diversionary tactic
misleading clue
big picture
crafty designs
road map
grand design
illegal scheme
sedition
perfidy
hookup
countermine
counterplot
treacherousness
disloyalty
pinchbeck
knock-off
pirate
roadmap
illegal enterprise
criminal activity
secret understanding
golden circle
action plan
illicit scheme
pseudo
four-flusher
junque
replica
knowledge
agreement
involvement
consent
approval
skunk
guiltiness
guilt
collaboration
cahoots
flam
diddling
plan of attack
-gate
fraudulent artifice
fradulent artifice
barratry
monkeyshine
criminality
string
villainy
foul play
bad deed
dirty deeds
hoky-poky
cruel act
snake oil
wooden nickel
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
harassment
oppression
pressurization
US
threats
menacing
browbeating
threatening
harrying
hounding
extortion
terrifying
scaring
tyrannization
subduing
railroading
steamrollering
pressurizing
US
unnerving
pressuring
demoralising
UK
terrorizing
US
tormenting
terrorising
UK
frightening
daunting
pressurisation
UK
fear
persecution
plaguing
demoralizing
US
cowing
pressurising
UK
menaces
bulldozing
compulsion
enforcement
constraint
violence
influence
demand
obligation
menace
insistence
exaction
strong-arm tactic
force majeure
hardship
control
warning
blackmail
ultimatum
fulmination
commination
domineering
provocation
entreaty
badgering
pestering
nagging
goading
fearmongering
thunder
foul play
requirement
pains
conscription
intimidating remark
scare tactic
sway
power
strong arm
threatening remark
intimidatory remark
maltreatment
victimisation
UK
mistreatment
victimization
US
urgency
strong-arming
monkey
hang-up
engrossment
driving
exigency
prepossession
preoccupation
craving
duty
strong arm tactics
tiger by the tail
have on the brain
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
looting
pilfering
embezzlement
thievery
crime
misappropriation
pillage
plunder
shoplifting
thieving
fraud
snatch
swindle
peculation
rip-off
job
defalcation
hold-up
stick-up
break-in
plundering
armed robbery
filching
pilferage
blag
swindling
purloining
caper
expropriation
dacoity
home invasion
smash-and-grab
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
housebreaking
depredation
felony
spoliation
rapine
nicking
steaming
hit
breaking and entering
purse-snatching
unlawful act
swiping
pinching
despoliation
rape
snatching
forced entry
despoilment
ravaging
devastation
lifting
pocketing
destruction
touch
grab
half-inching
raiding
sting
reaving
housebreak
ramraid
breaking in
ram-raid
plagiarism
blagging
loss
ruination
ruin
trespass
incident
harrying
snatch and run
swoop
losing
mislaying
ravishing
raping
unauthorized removal
disappearance
five-finger discount
trespassing
snaffling
skimming
abstraction
safecracking
prowl
misapplication
misuse
nobbling
whipping
despoiling
white-collar crime
monkey business
siphoning off
ripping off
misuse of funds
stealing money
laying waste
damage
ravages
raids
wreckage
second-story work
aggravated burglary
owl job
wasting
desolation
desecration
ravin
acts of destruction
thief
filcher
pilferer
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
security
protection
nest
hidey-hole
hermitage
lair
oasis
screen
concealment
nook
haunt
safety
defence
UK
defense
US
hidy-hole
armor
US
safeguard
safe harbour
UK
armour
UK
safe harbor
US
sanctum sanctorum
habitat
place of security
safeguarding
guard
ward
safe keeping
aegis
place of escape
buckler
snuggery
shade
dwelling
purlieu
domain
stash
hangout
housing
cloister
rendezvous
dock
joint
moorage
harbourage
wharf
pen
weapon
fortification
marina
barrier
mooring
resistance
resting place
deterrent
shielding
deterrence
guarding
cushion
roadstead
stamping ground
wall
egis
bulwark
buffer
stomping ground
secret place
roads
dockage
fence
shock absorber
snug
study
shadow
cottage
dacha
office
island
cache
cabin
adytum
private room
form
earth
lee
a roof
comfort zone
church
convent
bumper
recess
hiding
pier
preventative
preventive
hedge
port of call
jetty
private space
hole-up
barricade
bastion
landing
lodging
roof
accommodation
seaport
dive
territory
boatyard
digs
pad
quarterage
shed
crib
dockyard
patch
bar
manor
favourite spot
local
honky-tonk
hithe
ammunition
accommodations
docks
meeting place
piers
hang-out
living quarters
ashram
watering hole
social place
somewhere to stay
somewhere to live
roof over head
hole in the wall
warfare
weaponry
munitions
a roof over your head
shrine
spiritual retreat
abode
biosphere
site
roost
habitation
citadel
arms
prayer retreat
meditation retreat
natural home
home ground
spot
realm
place of solitude
fount
source
cradle
fountainhead
centre
UK
spa
berth
quay
moorings
center
US
honeypot
camp
park
slip
place of origin
tourist trap
tourist centre
holiday centre
holiday spot
holiday destination
fat farm
tourist center
watering place
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
razzia
act of aggression
irruption
assailing
crusade
fusillade
battery
cannonade
hail
act of war
encroachment
swoop
bombing
shelling
flurry
drumfire
drumbeat
initiative
intrusion
seizure
military operation
movement
flow
flood
stream
surge
deluge
reconnaissance
violence
heavy attack
stampede
pounding
avalanche
operation
wave
dash
usurpation
crackdown
cleanup
maneuver
US
manoeuvre
UK
intervention
encounter
cause
hit
skirmish
commitment
exertion
defilement
pounce
expedition
venture
depredation
bandwagon
commencement of hostilities
juggernaut
effort
roar
din
agitation
strife
mission
military advance
strafe
gunfire
sweep
shootup
fire
strafing
pelting
bombing campaign
air strike
air attack
lightning attack
saturation bombing
flak
advancement
surprise attack
impingement
air raid
march
passage
progression
takeover
hit-and-run raid
hit-and-run attack
tip-and-run raid
artillery fire
bomb
burst
occupation
capture
annexation
obtrusion
penetration
appropriation
procession
progress
process
conquest
overrunning
manoeuvres
UK
engagement
war
subjugation
conquering
warfare
action
battle
jihad
annexing
infiltration
trespass
spread
infringement
headway
tide
flux
furtherance
maneuvers
US
outpouring
arrogation
expropriation
overwhelming
effusion
maraud
elimination
clampdown
battle plan
military campaign
going
blizzard
inundation
tidal wave
aerial attack
aerial bombardment
air offensive
crossfire
blast
discharge
enfilade
weapon fire
subjection
firing
sniping
curtain of fire
wall of fire
barrier of fire
possession
suzerainty
colonization
US
rule
control
entering
colonisation
UK
shooting
takedown
bust
foreign rule
ordeal
bombarding
gauntlet
trial
gantlet
cross
crucible
bombing raid
air campaign
fire raid
shuttle raid
air assault
saturation raid
bombing mission
bombing run
cannonading
explosion
round
surprise search
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
grab
take
snatch
glom
mire
grapple
rap
detain
get
snap up
take into custody
pull in
embrangle
bust
pinch
nick
take prisoner
engage
broil
take captive
lasso
mix up
bog down
intertwine
reel in
pick up
run in
twist
secure
entwine
enchain
appropriate
abduct
incriminate
carry off
restrain
prehend
take hostage
round up
haul in
tangle up
bind
feel your collar
bring in
place under arrest
fetter
commandeer
kidnap
springe
take hold of
take possession of
trouble
get hold of
foul
pick off
get your hands on
take in
interweave
interlace
take possession
knot
grab hold of
intertwist
draw in
beach
lure
entice
deceive
trick
seduce
allure
beguile
ravel
inveigle
lead on
benet
betrap
get one's fingers on
intertangle
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
overrun
fusillade
pepper
blast
open fire on
pelt
rake
foray into
foray
enfilade
win
descend on
fire upon
devastate
sack
hit
despoil
ransack
pervade
permeate
shower
sally
inroad
besiege
machine-gun
swarm
loot
sweep
harry
spoliate
depredate
enter
swarm over
take over
open fire
make inroads on
fire a broadside at
rain down on
take somebody or something by storm
subjugate
launch
catapult
shoot at
shoot down
riddle
rout
mortar
rake with gunfire
pummel
US
lapidate
level
flatten
rob
pummelled
UK
stone
napalm
prang
throw at
blow up
blow to bits
beat down upon
blow sky-high
drop bombs on
reave
bushwhack
rain destruction
annex
US
sick
trash
sic
gain
take
turn on
jump on
set upon
set on
imbue
perfuse
fill
wreak havoc on
flood
violate
infest
infect
go in on
overspread
blaze
kill
shoot
probe
make a raid on
march on
pounce on
pounce upon
lay waste to
plague
crash
colonize
US
entrench
meddle
colonise
UK
access
overswarm
annexe
UK
parasitize
US
parasitise
UK
burglarize
US
burglarise
UK
trespass
interfere
sally forth
fall upon
swoop down upon
infringe on
spread through
spread over
diffuse through
destroy
burst in on
burst in
go in
muscle in
fall on
make inroads
wreck
smash
target
be disseminated through
flow through
wipe out
mow down
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
strike
pounce on
set on
round on
lash out at
beset
hit out at
launch an attack on
descend upon
sick
jump on
descend on
go in on
sic
weigh into
beat
thrash
invade
bushwhack
trash
raid
belabour
UK
pummel
US
hammer
paste
hit
belabor
US
pummelled
UK
wade into
beat up
besiege
thump
drub
strike out at
work over
rough up
go for
blitz
fall upon
batter
pound
mug
wallop
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
lambaste
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
deal a blow to
afflict
deal a blow
pounce
descend
make an assault
smite
aggress
make an attack
devastate
maltreat
come at
impugn
encounter
belt
clobber
bop
smack
bash
punch
whack
biff
buffet
knock
whale
clout
sock
tan
bang
slog
bat
thwack
slap
bludgeon
knock into the middle of next week
clip
boff
whomp
flog
rain blows on
swat
slug
welt
deck
whip
slosh
lam
quilt
slam
dong
crack
swinge
swipe
lay one on
lick
stick one on
give someone a good hiding
clock
cudgel
cuff
rap
box
birch
clap
bonk
nail
bob
zap
tag
baste
give someone a hiding
club
give someone a drubbing
give someone a good beating
give someone a good drubbing
whop
paddle
lather
lace
chin
lash
maul
hide
switch
slate
thresh
pommel
lambast
whap
whup
tromp
fib
curry
do
tonk
punch out
mess up
bung up
hook
cane
sucker-punch
crown
dot
floor
king-hit
welly
kick
larrup
wham
plug
lunge at
assault physically
let fly
take a pop at
bombard
thud
crash
drive
blow
malleate
forge
draw
bust up
bam
bump
take out
plant one
hurt
harm
abuse
brutalize
US
punish
aim blows at
break
bruise
contuse
brutalise
UK
knock block off
knock for a loop
knock cold
snap at
bite someone's head off
jump down someone's throat
jab
knock out
pop
ride roughshod
ding
stone
give a black eye
lob
pellet
flax
KO
percuss
brain
flail
dab
zonk
tap
whang
uppercut
hit out
take a swing
lash out
strike out
savage
kick in
fill in
ram
trounce
mash
crush
let have it
rain blows upon
more ❯
Verb
▲
To attack or confront someone or a group that is en route to a destination
intercept
attack
accost
confront
tackle
waylay
buttonhole
collar
corner
surround
pounce on
take on
swoop down on
pin down
stop
catch
halt
detain
restrict
approach
importune
grab
hail
nobble
solicit
take aside
shout to
call to
flag
whistle for
stop and talk to
hound
question
address
bother
cross
interview
talk to
speak to
discuss something with
cross-examine
initiate a discussion with
run into
summon
call
beckon
signal
hello
wave
holler
halloo
shout
flag down
make a sign to
gesture to stop
signal to
signal to stop
wave to
sing out
wave down
call out to
yoo-hoo
call over
whistle down
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
better
outshine
excel
bury
exceed
beat hollow
extinguish
wax
repress
blow away
outperform
outstrip
suppress
eclipse
smother
smoke
whup
devastate
transcend
whop
whap
snow under
dust
bomb
be victorious over
tromp
kill
finish
dominate
overshadow
put in the shade
cap
trump
wreck
break
defeat utterly
waste
walk over
curb
squash
do better than
go one better than
put down
shatter
outdistance
raze
outmatch
squelch
outgun
reduce
topple
humble
control
overtop
put to shame
triumph
stamp out
bring down
outrival
tower over
tame
put the kibosh on
crack down on
desolate
win a resounding victory over
thwart
overtake
frustrate
gain mastery over
upstage
abolish
leave standing
win
check
tower above
end
run circles around
do in
scotch
pass
outvie
throw
scupper
outpace
unseat
gain a victory over
be a cut above
down
rise above
terminate
snuff out
nix
silence
tear down
be head and shoulders above
outrank
be better than
bulldoze
rub out
leave behind
subordinate
blight
vaporize
US
ravage
level
blast
dash
undermine
stifle
nuke
dwarf
wrack
prevail
walk away from
outsmart
quench
pull down
clamp down on
slap down
knock spots off
vaporise
UK
be superior to
go one better
do for
bring to naught
extirpate
knock for a loop
chasten
eradicate
get over
be victorious
outwit
oust
eliminate
sabotage
shut down
subject
beat down
bridle
get rid of
win over
pacify
improve on
put a stop to
get a grip on
depose
dethrone
mess up
improve upon
hurdle
go beyond
blow a hole in
spank
bash
knock off
impair
put away
cripple
queer
mar
spoil
gain control of
desecrate
shut out
gain ascendancy over
beat up
chastise
blow
strike down
defeat heavily
deal with
unbuild
banjax
grind down
knock down
give someone a pasting
nip in the bud
dish
botch
take out
put out
outfox
wipe off map
dismiss
blot out
hegemonize
restrain
humiliate
cow
get the upper hand
beat back
knock over
hide
arrest
break down
belt
out-think
foil
bludgeon
maul
batter
thump
thresh
dismantle
buffet
leather
render incapable
render helpless
render powerless
take care of
pummel
US
baste
roll
slog
whale
enfeeble
overmaster
do
curry
checkmate
get the upper hand over
injure
impoverish
punish
pummelled
UK
muller
leave
override
give a drubbing to
ruinate
shoot ahead of
vitiate
neutralize
US
cope with
come out on top
put the lid on
outstep
despoil
ravish
cut to pieces
take a stick to
put someone in their place
blow out of water
cruel
euchre
exterminate
get control of
shoot down
tumble
sit on
liquidate
dilapidate
outgo
axe
UK
neutralise
UK
wreak havoc on
block out
break up
foul up
louse up
ax
US
screw up
rough up
bung up
make a mess of
raze to the ground
wipe off the map
wipe off the face of the earth
blow to bits
score points off
shake off
throw a monkey wrench in the works of
throw a spanner in the works
bring about the downfall of
get ahead of
lay waste
lay in ruins
take apart
shoot ahead
outthink
bypass
nullify
force
negate
weather
survive
take down
shock
stun
render
outlive
lather
solve
capsize
turn over
weaken
govern
manage
regulate
strike
circumvent
come out on top of
knock your socks off
rule
direct
command
demoralize
US
demote
curtail
discomfit
confound
see off
scrunch
squish
hose
gain the upper hand over
eat alive
incapacitate
disrate
crack down
beat the pants off
negotiate
fell
smite
make a fool of
cook one's goose
fix one's wagon
resist
tower
seize power
displace
outhussle
wipe off the mat
succeed over
steamroller
reject
slap about
weed out
wear down
enslave
be more than
endure
get one up on
bring to knees
overpass
shame
bring under control
get under control
outjockey
lead
outfight
demoralise
UK
gain the advantage over
destruct
disrupt
larrup
be the ruination of
predominate
catch napping
finesse
steal a march on
smash down
prostrate
oppress
whelm
disassemble
snow
cook
halt
keep down
disable
trample underfoot
put out of action
write off
put out of commission
put the skids under
be the ruin of
seal the doom of
stand above
be on another level
be a class above
be master of
take precedence
stand head and shoulders above
be greater than
deprive
win the race
blow up
supplant
quelch
ice
strangle
bring under the yoke
inhibit
be unstoppable by
gain on
get through
crack
throw down
wolf
blow to pieces
reduce to ruins
tear to pieces
put in toilet
gobble up
hold sway over
keep under thumb
bring to heel
stem
defeat easily
knock for six
drive off
force down
bear down on
get further ahead of
pull a fast one
be one up on
fake out
draw away from
break someone's spirit
put to flight
avenge
torment
banish
put to rout
clean up on
throw back in confusion
interrupt
damage
discontinue
disestablish
dissolve
bottle
clamp
shush
spike
stagger
immobilize
US
blank
stretch
shellack
dumbfound
overawe
immobilise
UK
abrogate
invalidate
unsettle
dispense with
give the chop
cast out
phase out
drive out
knock something on the head
get shot of
disfigure
mangle
defile
bodge
deface
poison
scourge
sweep
cut off
maim
mutilate
deplete
trample on
gain control over
put lid on
keep inside
hold in
keep in
put kibosh on
drive underground
hold down
bowl over
reduce to nothing
leave in ruins
reduce to rubble
bring to nothing
wreak havoc upon
clean out
leave desolate
shut off
roll over
lay out
carry the day
get last laugh
take the cake
win through
be the victor
win out
gain a victory
take the prize
prevail against
be successful
come first
gain mastery of
take the honours
win hands down
take the crown
erase
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efface
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delete
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excise
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scrub
off
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cross out
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X-out
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wipe off face of earth
blue pencil
black out
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strike out
mark out
score out
cover
cut
obscure
root out
remove all traces of
sweep away
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rub off
do away with
harm
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hinder
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obstruct
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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
tag
run
keep an eye on
run down
hunt down
watch
surveil
spoor
eye
observe
keep in sight
keep track of
spy on
keep watch on
keep under surveillance
keep tabs on
monitor
survey
give chase
keep a tab on
keep under observation
find
bedog
lurk nearby
lurk close by
lurk behind
follow secretly
chivy
seek
watch over
put a tail on
be on the prowl
chase after
take out after
keep a beady eye on
stake out
run to ground
search for
follow the trail of
locate
stag
scout
seek out
heel
scent
sleuth
chevy
be on one's tail
follow on the heels of
shag
run with
chase down
go in pursuit of
take off after
look for
dig up
smell out
ferret out
gun for
harry
tag along
accompany
keep under watch
follow on
string along
bring up the rear
hang back
tag along behind
linger behind
follow a scent
run to earth
nose out
poke along
plague
harass
attend
ride
badger
scrutinize
US
check
cover
prowl after
move behind
scrutinise
UK
play catch up
eagle-eye
keep a close watch on
keep under careful observation
keep under scrutiny
keep one's eye on
watch closely
watch like a hawk
camp on the doorstep of
lurk in the shadows
tread on the heels of
investigate
come after
rush after
keep up the pace with
keep pace with
be hot on someone's heels
dog the footsteps of
observe furtively
spy
probe
quest
elicit
work undercover
keep a watch on
secretly follow
pry
search out
dig out
sniff out
scout out
smoke out
get at
worm out
root out
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