| VERB | competition | set on, assail, assault, attack | attack someone physically or emotionally |
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| Meaning | attack someone physically or emotionally. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s somebody | |
| Synonyms | assail, assault, attack | |
| Entailed by | hold up, stick up | rob at gunpoint or by means of some other threat |
| Narrower | bait | attack with dogs or set dogs upon |
| beset, set upon | assail or attack on all sides | |
| blindside | attack or hit on or from the side where the attacked person's view is obstructed | |
| bulldog | attack viciously and ferociously | |
| desecrate, profane, outrage, violate | violate the sacred character of a place or language | |
| jump | make a sudden physical attack on | |
| molest | harass or assault sexually | |
| rape, ravish, violate, assault, dishonor, dishonour, outrage | Force (someone) to have sex against their will | |
| reassail | assail again | |
| rush | attack suddenly | |
| savage | attack brutally and fiercely | |
| sic, set | urge to attack someone | |
| Spanish | agredir, asaltar, atacar, violar | |
| Catalan | agredir, assaltar, atacar, violar | |
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