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Present participle for to take violent or aggressive action against
Present participle for to begin a journey or process
Present participle for attack verbally or physically
Present participle for move directly towards someone or something in a purposeful or intimidating manner
Present participle for to confront or come up against
Present participle for to publicly criticize or castigate harshly
Present participle for to besiege or surround with troops
Present participle for to make, or cause to make, a sudden forward movement
Present participle for to subject to hostile aggression or pillaging
Present participle for to ambush or attack someone from a hidden position
Present participle for to surround someone or something as a mob
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Present participle for to take violent or aggressive action against
attacking
assaulting
assailing
striking
rushing
charging
storming
besetting
trashing
siccing
bushwhacking
raiding
ambushing
turning on
laying into
pouncing on
jumping on
descending on
setting on
descending upon
pouncing upon
going in on
tearing into
invading
falling on
besieging
blitzing
pitching into
flying at
launching an attack on
rounding on
lighting to
falling upon
letting fly at
lacing to
launching oneself at
going for
lashing out at
swooping on
making an assault on
aggressing
beating up on
wading into
striking at
weighing into
making a raid on
having a go at
hitting out at
letting someone have it
sailing into
setting at
getting stuck into
going at
setting about
beating up
mugging
jumping
marching into
busting
advancing on
hitting
launching an attack
attempting to capture
taking by storm
working over
coming at
having at
making an onslaught on
blindsiding
smashing
opening fire on
hurting
shooting down
lying in wait for
blasting
waylaying
surprising
holding up
terrorising
UK
terrorizing
US
harming
battering
overwhelming
springing at
roughing up
rushing at
running at
launching at
duffing up
giving someone a beating
springing on
going after
rushing upon
beating the living daylights out of
cooking
blistering
savaging
laying siege to
turning to violence
dealing a blow
making an assault
making an attack
pouncing
descending
afflicting
devastating
smiting
dealing a blow to
letting fly
lashing out
taking a swing
hitting out
striking out
bombarding
harrying
infiltrating
taking on
setting in on
conducting an offensive on
making a foray on
making a sortie on
surging into
penetrating
capturing
taking down
going in
surging over
taking
firing on
marching on
torpedoing
making inroads on
foraying into
bombing
sallying
swooping down upon
sallying forth
belabouring
UK
accosting
belaboring
US
impugning
encountering
maltreating
more ❯
“The man would then
set upon
his three victims, leaving them heavily bruised.”
Verb
▲
Present participle for to begin a journey or process
starting
commencing
undertaking
initiating
beginning
embarking
launching into
setting about
kicking off
entering on
embarking on
making a start on
getting down to
getting going with
getting on with
entering into
getting stuck into
tackling
instituting
taking up
engaging in
having a go at
venturing into
plunging into
having a shot at
plunging
turning one's hand to
settling down to
having a crack at
going into
inaugurating
instigating
effectuating
triggering
prompting
eliciting
creating
inducing
precipitating
starting up
kick-starting
producing
getting to
getting going on
starting off
starting to
invoking
jumping into
tearing into
proceeding with
starting on
going ahead with
launching
opening
entering upon
striking into
embarking upon
getting going
leading off
falling to
getting off
setting in motion
putting in motion
getting under way
introducing
installing
establishing
putting in place
starting the ball rolling
getting off the ground
pioneering
founding
organizing
US
originating
setting up
constituting
activating
organising
UK
innovating
planting
ushering in
getting cracking on
bringing into being
breaking into
laying the foundations of
laying the first stone of
setting going
getting the show on the road
getting underway
setting the ball rolling
going about
enacting
masterminding
floating
commencing on
inducting
setting off
bursting into
bringing about
sowing the seeds of
laying the cornerstone of
addressing oneself to
instating
actuating
introing
moving into
entering
bowing
convening
putting in
ringing in
forming
incorporating
triggering off
jump-starting
getting the ball rolling
starting out on
getting ball rolling
taking action on
making up
assembling
raising the curtain
getting things rolling
coming out with
coming up with
dreaming up
getting to work on
getting cracking with
setting the ball rolling on
breaking the ice on
developing
getting one's feet wet
setting out on
attempting
building
constructing
devising
attacking
throwing together
opening up
bringing into existence
putting together
hatching
fathering
getting something working
laying foundation
getting moving
getting something functioning
considering
getting to grips with
beginning work on
approaching
starting the ball rolling on
dealing with
debuting
bursting out
starting ball rolling
rolling out
bringing out
getting show on road
breaking the seal
breaking the ice
beginning suddenly
making a start
getting cracking
going ahead
more ❯
“He took his farewell of them and he went out of the gate at once to
set upon
his journey.”
Verb
▲
Present participle for attack verbally or physically
flying at
assaulting
attacking
accosting
belaboring
US
belabouring
UK
besetting
mugging
pouncing on
setting about
weighing into
charging
falling on
launching oneself at
letting fly at
rounding on
rushing
storming
turning on
hitting out at
jumping
lacing to
lashing out at
launching an attack on
laying into
making an assault on
pitching into
sailing into
striking out at
tearing into
wading into
beating up
getting stuck into
lighting to
having a go at
letting someone have it
assailing
beating
thrashing
pummelling
UK
pummeling
roughing up
pasting
doing over
pounding
hammering
drubbing
knocking about
working over
knocking around
hitting
striking
battering
walloping
wallopping
ambushing
thumping
pelting
lambasting
beating up on
duffing up
beating the living daylights out of
pouncing upon
lunging at
setting on
striking at
taking a pop at
falling upon
surprising
giving someone a beating
invading
steaming
battling
beating someone up
firing at
getting at
knocking down
jumping down someone's throat
biting someone's head off
snapping at
besieging
jumping on
aggressing
descending on
descending upon
decking
smacking
buffeting
clobbering
buffetting
bombarding
biffing
clouting
belting
bopping
plugging
knocking
whacking
whipping
punching
socking
cudgelling
UK
flogging
cudgeling
US
raining blows on
tonking
thwacking
whaling
smiting
knocking into the middle of next week
laying one on
giving someone a good hiding
bashing
bludgeoning
batting
slogging
banging
lashing
slapping
tanning
clubbing
licking
slamming
mauling
swatting
birching
cracking
slugging
rapping
clipping
hiding
swiping
whopping
switching
boxing
slating
lacing
threshing
lathering
busting
paddling
basting
pommeling
pommelling
whapping
whupping
clocking
tromping
fibbing
clapping
bonking
currying
nailing
zapping
bobbing
tagging
doing
drawing
giving someone a hiding
lamming
quilting
donging
malleating
boffing
whomping
swinging
punching out
sloshing
sticking one on
welting
messing up
bunging up
forging
more ❯
Verb
▲
Present participle for move directly towards someone or something in a purposeful or intimidating manner
bearing down on
advancing on
approaching
converging on
assailing
attacking
closing in on
coming close to
falling upon
moving in on
coming closer to
drawing nearer to
drawing near to
moving closer to
moving close to
pressing on towards
setting about
tearing into
accosting
charging
drawing near
letting fly at
marching on
Verb
▲
Present participle for to confront or come up against
engaging
combatting
combating
battling
clashing
confronting
contending
countering
defying
opposing
repelling
resisting
tackling
withstanding
attacking
encountering
taking on
facing
meeting
assailing
doing battle with
fighting with
assaulting
battling with
beginning battle with
clashing with
contesting
fighting
launching
skirmishing with
striking
grappling with
scrapping with
waging war against
wresting with
entering into combat with
falling on
mounting an attack on
taking up arms against
waging war on
coming to close quarters with
giving battle to
joining battle with
Verb
▲
Present participle for to publicly criticize or castigate harshly
lighting to
berating
scolding
upbraiding
admonishing
censuring
chiding
condemning
reproving
haranguing
reviling
trashing
abusing
bashing
belabouring
UK
belaboring
US
blasting
carpeting
castigating
fulminating against
lambasting
potshotting
railing at
ranting at
raving at
scathing
slamming
vituperating
bawling out
objurgating
reprehending
taking to task
telling off
ticking off
attacking
calling over the coals
chewing out
criticising
UK
criticizing
US
excoriating
hauling over the coals
rebuking
reprimanding
savaging
slagging off
dressing down
giving someone a dressing-down
having a go at
lacing to
lamming into
laying into
pitching into
ripping into
tearing into
letting fly at
letting someone have it
rapping knuckles
wading into
Verb
▲
Present participle for to besiege or surround with troops
beleaguering
besieging
besetting
blockading
surrounding
leaguering
sieging
storming
investing
laying siege to
Verb
▲
Present participle for to make, or cause to make, a sudden forward movement
lunging
lungeing
pouncing
charging
diving
thrusting
jumping
leaping
rushing
springing
bounding
bursting
dashing
driving
lurching
surging
attacking
pitching
striking
swinging
falling upon
launching oneself
making for
moving suddenly
Verb
▲
Present participle for to subject to hostile aggression or pillaging
harassing
raiding
harrying
ravaging
beleaguering
assailing
marauding
oppressing
attacking repeatedly
pressing hard
Verb
▲
Present participle for to ambush or attack someone from a hidden position
waylaying
ambushing
attacking
surprising
assailing
ambuscading
robbing
surprizing
catching
entrapping
holding up
mugging
trapping
approaching
boxing
bushwhacking
jumping
nailing
prowling
stopping
sticking up
laying for
laying a trap for
Verb
▲
Present participle for to surround someone or something as a mob
besieging
mobbing
surrounding
encircling
crowding
crowding round
ringing round
swarming round
thronging round
falling upon
hemming in
shutting in
harassing
overrunning
worrying
jostling
hustling
attacking
hassling
pestering
assailing
converging on
falling on
descending on
swarming around
crowding around
encompassing
enclosing
ringing
compassing
girdling
circling
environing
fencing in
girding
circumscribing
bounding
embracing
inclosing
wreathing
enveloping
rounding
besetting
circumventing
beleaguering
looping
containing
hedging in
boxing in
bordering
skirting
fringing
confining
edging
rimming
blockading
investing
verging
margining
enfolding
sieging
delimiting
encasing
limiting
outlining
trapping
enwreathing
thronging
enclaving
closing in
walling in
cutting off
going around
closing around
closing in on
laying siege to
belting
circuiting
orbiting
ensphering
going round
circulating
coiling
circumducting
cincturing
begirding
touring
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