verb
Launch an attack or assault on; begin hostilities or start warfare with
Synonyms: molesting, jumping, mugging, tackling, stabbing, clubbing, striking, kidnapping, overwhelming, assailing, hitting, beating, kicking, punching, raping, seducing, combatting, assaulting
Antonyms: resisting, submitting, retreating, surrendering, defending, withstanding, shielding, aiding, sustaining, supporting, sheltering, retaliating
verb
Attack someone physically or emotionally
Synonyms: striking, assaulting, storming, besetting, assailing, rushing, combatting, waylaying, bombarding, ambushing, charging, raiding, raking, warring, peppering, troubling, pelting, thrusting, stabbing, beleaguering, barraging, smashing, fusillading, besieging, slandering, aggressing, inveighing, pushing, torpedoing, insulting, sniping, engaging, fraying, fighting, denouncing, demolishing, bombing, criticizing, invading, contending, clashing, shelling, censuring, encircling, castigating, blaming, infiltrating, beginning, battling, bashing, advancing, assaying, accusing, rounding
Antonyms: defending, retreating