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What is another word for launches an attack?

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Verb
To take violent or aggressive action against
strikes
attacks
assaults
assails
invades
charges
descends
pounces
rushes
smites
storms
trashes
aggresses
besets
raids
sics
afflicts
bushwhacks
devastates
hits
descends on
descends upon
pounces on
pounces upon
sets upon
falls on
jumps on
makes an assault
makes an attack
sets on
falls uponfall upon
lays into
turns on
deals a blow
deals a blow to
goes in on
besieges
blindsides
smashes
advances on
opens fire on
launches an attack on
makes a raid on
attempts to capture
tears into
swoops on
takes by storm
makes an assault on
makes an onslaught on
flies at
strikes at
launches oneself at
blitzes
lights into
ambushes
jumps
sallies
goes at
pitches into
lets fly at
rounds on
mugs
has at
lashes out at
beats up on
beats up
sets at
dives
leaps
springs
bounds
surges
dashes
captures
busts
lunges at
goes for
springs on
hits out at
laces into
runs at
gets stuck into
marches into
wades into
lets someone have it
has a go at
works over
sets about
comes at
overruns
fights
hurts
overcomes
belaboursUK
harms
batters
terrorizesUS
accosts
overwhelms
terrorisesUK
charges at
blasts
scrambles
maltreats
impugns
encounters
belaborsUS
blisters
cooks
harries
bombards
infiltrates
sails into
weighs into
sorties
penetrates
shoots down
takes
torpedoes
bombs
surprises
waylays
goes in
takes down
takes on
sets in on
makes a foray on
surges over
makes a sortie on
conducts an offensive on
surges into
thrusts
forays into
marches on
lays siege to
turns to violence
makes inroads on
sallies forth
fires on
swoops down upon
holds up
drives
lurches
bursts
makes for
launches oneself
moves suddenly
pitches
swings
lunges
swoops
goes after
rushs at
launches at
roughs up
springs at
beats the living daylights out of
gives someone a beating
duffs up
rushs upon
darts
drops
leaps on
bounds at
dives at
swoops down on
drops down on
“Minute clam odor traces can excite the nervous system, which then launches an attack on the prey.”
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