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ASSAILING |
Attacking |
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STORMING |
Attacking |
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BLITZING |
Attacking suddenly |
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AMBUSHING |
Attacking suddenly |
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FORWARD |
Attacking player |
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STRIKER |
Attacking footballer |
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ASSAILANT |
Assailing; attacking. |
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VOLLEYS |
Attacking shots from Venus, perhaps? |
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MUGGING |
Act of attacking and robbing |
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CHICKEN POX |
A mild, eruptive disease, generally attacking children
only; varicella. |
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BESETTING |
Habitually attacking, harassing, or pressing upon or
about; as, a besetting sin. |
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AMBUSH |
To lie in wait, for the purpose of attacking by
surprise; to lurk. |
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HOOK |
To seize or pierce with the points of the horns, as cattle
in attacking enemies; to gore. |
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GAMBIT |
A mode of opening the game, in which a pawn is sacrificed
to gain an attacking position. |
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MUSCULE |
A long movable shed used by besiegers in ancient times in
attacking the walls of a fortified town. |
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ATTACK |
The act of attacking, or falling on with force or violence;
an onset; an assault; -- opposed to defense. |
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AGGRESSIVE |
Tending or disposed to aggress; characterized by
aggression; making assaults; unjustly attacking; as, an aggressive
policy, war, person, nation. |
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OFFENSIVE |
Making the first attack; assailant; aggressive; hence,
used in attacking; -- opposed to defensive; as, an offensive war;
offensive weapons. |
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ASSAULT |
A violent onset or attack with physical means, as blows,
weapons, etc.; an onslaught; the rush or charge of an attacking force;
onset; as, to make assault upon a man, a house, or a town. |
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RAMPANT |
Rising with fore paws in the air as if attacking; -- said
of a beast of prey, especially a lion. The right fore leg and right
hind leg should be raised higher than the left. |
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MANTELET |
...ich is
sometimes used for the protection of sappers or riflemen while
attacking a fortress, or of gunners at embrasures; -- now commonly
writ... |
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AMBUSCADE |
A lying in a wood, concealed, for the purpose of
attacking an enemy by surprise. Hence: A lying in wait, and concealed
in any situation, for a ... |
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PARALLEL |
...re a
besieged fortress, by the besieging force, as a cover for troops
supporting the attacking batteries. They are roughly parallel to the
li... |
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MACHICOLATION |
... projecting parapet, or in the floor of a gallery or the roof of a
portal, shooting or dropping missiles upen assailants attacking the
base of t... |
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KINGBIRD |
A small American bird (Tyrannus tyrannus, or T.
Carolinensis), noted for its courage in attacking larger birds, even
hawks and eagles, especial... |