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taking offensive synonyms

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  • beforehand
  • earlier
  • early
  • first
  • foremost
  • forward
  • in front
  • in the forefront
  • in the lead
  • leading
  • previously
  • prior
  • assail
  • assault
  • beset
  • charge
  • fight
  • go at
  • have at
  • lunge at
  • quarrel
  • storm
  • strike
  • ambuscade
  • ambushment
  • camouflage
  • concealment
  • deception
  • hiding
  • hiding place
  • lurking
  • pitfall
  • shelter
  • trap
  • trick
  • waiting
  • waylaying
  • abuse
  • assault
  • bash
  • berate
  • beset
  • blast
  • blister
  • bust
  • charge
  • come at
  • criticize
  • encounter
  • have at
  • impugn
  • invade
  • lambaste
  • lay into
  • advance
  • aggression
  • charge
  • incursion
  • invasion
  • offensive
  • onset
  • onslaught
  • rape
  • storm
  • storming
  • strike
  • violation
  • celebration
  • spree
  • wing-ding
  • bang
  • belt
  • blow
  • bop
  • crack
  • knock
  • rap
  • slam
  • smack
  • sock
  • strike
  • swat
  • thump
  • thwack
  • wallop
  • whack
  • whop
  • aggress
  • assail
  • attack
  • badger
  • bedevil
  • beleaguer
  • besiege
  • bug
  • circle
  • compass
  • dog
  • drive up the wall
  • embarrass
  • encircle
  • enclose
  • encompass
  • entangle
  • assail
  • attack
  • beleaguer
  • beset
  • blockade
  • come at from all sides
  • confine
  • congregate
  • encircle
  • encompass
  • environ
  • hem in
  • invest
  • lay siege to
  • shut in
  • trap
  • work on
  • belt
  • clout
  • crack
  • cuff
  • hit
  • knock
  • lick
  • pound
  • punch
  • roundhouse
  • slap
  • slug
  • smack
  • strike
  • swat
  • thwack
  • wallop
  • bang
  • blare
  • blow
  • burst
  • clang
  • clap
  • crack
  • din
  • honk
  • peal
  • roar
  • scream
  • slam
  • smash
  • toot
  • trumpet
  • wail
  • abscess
  • blain
  • bleb
  • boil
  • bubble
  • bulla
  • burn
  • canker
  • carbuncle
  • cyst
  • furuncle
  • pimple
  • pustule
  • sac
  • sore
  • ulcer
  • vesication
  • advance
  • aggress
  • ambush
  • assail
  • assault
  • bash
  • bat
  • bean
  • beat
  • beset
  • besiege
  • biff
  • blast
  • blister
  • bombard
  • boot
  • bop
  • assail
  • barrage
  • batter
  • beset
  • besiege
  • blast
  • blitz
  • bomb
  • cannonade
  • catapult
  • fire upon
  • harass
  • hound
  • launch
  • open fire
  • pester
  • pound
  • brogan
  • footwear
  • galoshes
  • mukluk
  • oxford
  • snow shoes
  • waders
  • waters
  • bang
  • belt
  • hit
  • lick
  • punch
  • slug
  • smack
  • sock
  • swat
  • thwack
  • wallop
  • welt
  • whack
  • wham
  • whop
  • Einstein
  • academician
  • doctor
  • egghead
  • genius
  • highbrow
  • intellect
  • intellectual
  • mastermind
  • prodigy
  • pundit
  • sage
  • scholar
  • bosom
  • breast
  • chest
  • front
  • allegation
  • beef
  • complaint
  • gripe
  • imputation
  • indictment
  • plaint
  • stink
  • charge
  • chargé d'affaires ad interim
  • advance
  • aggress
  • ambush
  • assail
  • assault
  • bash
  • bat
  • bean
  • beat
  • beset
  • besiege
  • biff
  • blast
  • blister
  • boff
  • bombard
  • boot
  • bob
  • crop
  • curtail
  • cut
  • cut back
  • decrease
  • dock
  • lower
  • mow
  • pare
  • prune
  • reduce
  • shave
  • shear
  • shorten
  • skive
  • slash
  • Big Ben
  • alarm
  • chroniker
  • chronograph
  • chronometer
  • digital watch
  • hourglass
  • metronome
  • pendulum
  • stopwatch
  • sundial
  • tattler
  • tick-tock
  • ticker
  • timekeeper
  • timemarker
  • timepiece
  • baton
  • billy
  • blackjack
  • bludgeon
  • business
  • conk buster
  • convincer
  • cosh
  • cudgel
  • hammer
  • hickory
  • mace
  • mallet
  • nightstick
  • persuader
  • quarterstaff
  • rosewood
  • action
  • affray
  • battle royal
  • brush
  • brush-off
  • conflict
  • contest
  • encounter
  • engagement
  • fight
  • flap
  • fray
  • jackpot
  • mix-up
  • run-in
  • service
  • shoot-out
  • baker
  • chef
  • culinarian
  • hash slinger
  • mess sergeant
  • servant
  • sous chef
  • abuse
  • banefulness
  • damage
  • deleteriousness
  • detriment
  • disservice
  • foul play
  • hurt
  • ill
  • immorality
  • impairment
  • infliction
  • iniquity
  • loss
  • marring
  • mischance
  • mischief
  • bang
  • bat
  • bell-ringer
  • belt
  • blow
  • bonk
  • box
  • buffet
  • butt
  • chop
  • clash
  • clip
  • clout
  • collision
  • cuff
  • fisticuff
  • glance
  • aching
  • aggrieved
  • agonized
  • all torn up
  • battered
  • bleeding
  • bruised
  • buffeted
  • burned
  • busted up
  • contused
  • crushed
  • cut
  • damaged
  • disfigured
  • distressed
  • disturbed
  • access
  • crack
  • edge in
  • filter through
  • foist
  • impregnate
  • insinuate
  • penetrate
  • percolate
  • permeate
  • pervade
  • saturate
  • sneak in
  • tinge
  • work into
  • worm into
  • access
  • assail
  • assault
  • breach
  • burglarize
  • burst in
  • crash
  • descend upon
  • entrench
  • fall on
  • foray
  • go in
  • infect
  • infest
  • infringe
  • inroad
  • interfere
  • bob
  • bounce
  • bound
  • buck
  • canter
  • caper
  • capriole
  • dance
  • dive
  • drop
  • fall
  • gambade
  • gambol
  • hop
  • hopping
  • hurdle
  • jar
  • bang
  • buzz
  • excitement
  • fun
  • gratification
  • hoot
  • joy
  • pleasure
  • refreshment
  • sensation
  • stimulation
  • wallop
  • advance
  • aggress
  • ambush
  • assail
  • assault
  • bash
  • bat
  • bean
  • beat
  • beset
  • besiege
  • biff
  • blast
  • blister
  • boff
  • bombard
  • boot
  • advance
  • aggress
  • ambush
  • assail
  • assault
  • bash
  • bat
  • bean
  • beat
  • beset
  • besiege
  • biff
  • blast
  • blister
  • boff
  • bombard
  • boot
  • advance
  • aggress
  • ambush
  • assail
  • assault
  • bash
  • bat
  • bean
  • beat
  • beset
  • besiege
  • biff
  • blast
  • blister
  • boff
  • bombard
  • boot
  • advance
  • aggress
  • ambush
  • assail
  • assault
  • bash
  • bat
  • bean
  • beat
  • beset
  • besiege
  • biff
  • blast
  • blister
  • boff
  • bombard
  • boot
  • advance
  • aggress
  • ambush
  • assail
  • assault
  • bash
  • bat
  • bean
  • beat
  • beset
  • besiege
  • biff
  • blast
  • blister
  • boff
  • bombard
  • boot
  • abuse
  • advance
  • assail
  • bash
  • beset
  • blast
  • blitz
  • bushwhack
  • charge
  • come down on
  • go for
  • haul off on
  • invade
  • jump
  • jump down one's throat
  • jump on one's case
  • lay into
  • accost
  • assail
  • attack
  • disorganize
  • displace
  • disturb
  • encroach
  • fondle
  • harm
  • hinder
  • hurt
  • illtreat
  • injure
  • interfere
  • intrude
  • maltreat
  • meddle
  • coffee cup
  • demitasse
  • flagon
  • jug
  • stoup
  • tankard
  • toby
  • bury
  • conquer
  • crush
  • defeat
  • deluge
  • destroy
  • drown
  • drub
  • engulf
  • inundate
  • massacre
  • overcome
  • overflow
  • overpower
  • overrun
  • overthrow
  • rout
  • advance
  • aggress
  • ambush
  • assail
  • assault
  • bash
  • bat
  • bean
  • beat
  • beset
  • besiege
  • biff
  • blast
  • blister
  • boff
  • bombard
  • boot
  • bash
  • belt
  • biff
  • blow
  • bop
  • box
  • buffet
  • clip
  • clout
  • cuff
  • dig
  • jab
  • jog
  • knock
  • lollop
  • nudge
  • one-two
  • arrest
  • assault
  • break-in
  • bust
  • capture
  • descent
  • foray
  • forced entrance
  • hit-and-run
  • incursion
  • inroad
  • invasion
  • irruption
  • onset
  • onslaught
  • pull
  • reconnaissance
  • blitz
  • charge
  • dash
  • dispatch
  • expedition
  • flood
  • flow
  • flux
  • haste
  • hastiness
  • hurriedness
  • precipitance
  • precipitancy
  • precipitation
  • race
  • scramble
  • stream
  • abuse
  • assault
  • bash
  • berate
  • beset
  • blast
  • blister
  • bust
  • charge
  • come at
  • criticize
  • encounter
  • have at
  • impugn
  • invade
  • lambaste
  • lay into
  • bear down
  • buckle down
  • drag
  • drudge
  • flounder
  • grind
  • labor
  • lumber
  • plough through
  • plug
  • schlepp
  • slave
  • stomp
  • sweat
  • toil
  • tramp
  • trample
  • absorb
  • assimilate
  • bathe
  • damp
  • dip
  • drink
  • drown
  • dunk
  • flood
  • imbrue
  • immerge
  • immerse
  • impregnate
  • infiltrate
  • infuse
  • macerate
  • marinate
  • ache
  • blow
  • gash
  • hurt
  • incision
  • jab
  • jag
  • pang
  • piercing
  • prick
  • puncture
  • rent
  • stick
  • thrust
  • transfixion
  • twinge
  • wound
  • blast
  • blizzard
  • blow
  • cloudburst
  • cyclone
  • disturbance
  • downpour
  • gale
  • gust
  • hurricane
  • monsoon
  • precip
  • precipitation
  • raining cats and dogs
  • snowstorm
  • squall
  • tempest
  • bang
  • bash
  • beat
  • boff
  • bonk
  • box
  • buffet
  • bump into
  • chastise
  • clash
  • clobber
  • clout
  • collide
  • conk
  • crash
  • cuff
  • drive
  • advance
  • aggress
  • ambush
  • assail
  • assault
  • bash
  • bat
  • bean
  • beat
  • beset
  • besiege
  • biff
  • blast
  • blister
  • boff
  • bombard
  • boot
  • arouse
  • attract
  • captivate
  • enchant
  • get started
  • initiate
  • introduce
  • show
  • stimulate
  • stir up
  • thrill
  • titillate
  • work up
  • bash
  • belt
  • blow
  • bop
  • bump
  • clash
  • collision
  • crash
  • haymaker
  • impact
  • jar
  • jolt
  • kick
  • percussion
  • punch
  • shock
  • slam
  • advance
  • aggress
  • ambush
  • assail
  • assault
  • bash
  • bat
  • bean
  • beat
  • beset
  • besiege
  • biff
  • blast
  • blister
  • boff
  • bombard
  • boot

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