1
as in assaulted
to take sudden, violent action against
our dog unexpectedly attacked the mailman, sinking his teeth into the startled man's leg
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2
as in slammed
to criticize harshly and usually publicly
the mayor and all his aides were attacked mercilessly in the press when the scandal erupted
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as in tackled
to start work on energetically
Courtney attacked the huge mess in her room with determination and enthusiasm
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Recent Examples of attacked
Tonges, who before Sunday’s game had never caught a regular-season pass, attacked the ball and gave San Francisco the lead.
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Michael-Shawn Dugar, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2025
The occurrences grew more aggressive over time, with the Smurls' 75-pound German shepherd getting slammed into a wall and Jack getting attacked while praying.
—Jessica Sager, PEOPLE, 7 Sep. 2025
But when this lashing out becomes regular, the partner on the receiving end will start to expect their character to be attacked just as regularly.
—Mark Travers, Forbes.com, 7 Sep. 2025
The 57-year-old was attacked while surfing about 100 meters offshore, in the city’s second fatal shark incident since 1963.
—Laura Sharman, CNN Money, 7 Sep. 2025
The man hit the ground, and the mob attacked.
—Gina Barton, USA Today, 7 Sep. 2025
When the officer directed the man to the front of the station house for assistance, the suspect allegedly pulled out the butcher knife and attacked her but the officer was able to fight him off, Rivera said.
—Bill Hutchinson, ABC News, 7 Sep. 2025
That arrived during the final segment on SmackDown after Becky Lynch verbally and physically attacked AJ's husband, CM Punk.
—Matthew Couden, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 Sep. 2025
While courageously intervening to protect a fellow passenger, he was viciously attacked.
—Judith Y. Kim, The Washington Examiner, 26 Aug. 2025
Michael-Shawn Dugar, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2025
The occurrences grew more aggressive over time, with the Smurls' 75-pound German shepherd getting slammed into a wall and Jack getting attacked while praying.
—Jessica Sager, PEOPLE, 7 Sep. 2025
But when this lashing out becomes regular, the partner on the receiving end will start to expect their character to be attacked just as regularly.
—Mark Travers, Forbes.com, 7 Sep. 2025
The 57-year-old was attacked while surfing about 100 meters offshore, in the city’s second fatal shark incident since 1963.
—Laura Sharman, CNN Money, 7 Sep. 2025
The man hit the ground, and the mob attacked.
—Gina Barton, USA Today, 7 Sep. 2025
When the officer directed the man to the front of the station house for assistance, the suspect allegedly pulled out the butcher knife and attacked her but the officer was able to fight him off, Rivera said.
—Bill Hutchinson, ABC News, 7 Sep. 2025
That arrived during the final segment on SmackDown after Becky Lynch verbally and physically attacked AJ's husband, CM Punk.
—Matthew Couden, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 Sep. 2025
While courageously intervening to protect a fellow passenger, he was viciously attacked.
—Judith Y. Kim, The Washington Examiner, 26 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for attacked
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One of the women estimated that the singer assaulted her at least 23 times during her six years of employment at the musician's home.—
Wesley Stenzel,
Entertainment Weekly,
6 Sep. 2025
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In 2020, Ellis claimed that the Grammy winner assaulted her outside of a Beverly Hills medical office in February 2018.—
Charna Flam,
People.com,
3 Sep. 2025
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In the aftermath of the assassination of conservative commentator Charlie Kirk, several Democratic power players mourned him and slammed political violence.—
Ross O'Keefe,
The Washington Examiner,
11 Sep. 2025
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The vehicle then went off the roadway and slammed into a utility box, a sheriff’s news release said.—
City News Service,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
10 Sep. 2025
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San Francisco’s star defensive end tackled running back Ken Walker III for no gain on first-and-5 from the 9-yard line, then pushed right tackle Abe Lucas back in the pocket on second down, causing Darnold to fumble.—
Michael-Shawn Dugar,
New York Times,
8 Sep. 2025
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Most of the firefighters seen in the film are the same crews who tackled the blazes at Paradise.—
Andy Hazel,
IndieWire,
8 Sep. 2025
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Federal officials have already raided, among others, California car washes and marijuana farms, a Louisiana racetrack, a Florida construction site and a Nebraska meatpacking plant.—
Trevor Hughes,
USA Today,
10 Sep. 2025
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Jordan Garcia, a veteran community organizer with the Colorado branch of the American Friends Service Committee, travelled to Cedar Run, one of the Denver housing complexes that was raided, to record video and provide assistance.—
Jonathan Blitzer,
New Yorker,
8 Sep. 2025
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Family matriarch Donna Adelson was scolded by a judge Thursday for weeping in the courtroom after being convicted of orchestrating a 2014 murder-for-hire plot of her former son-in-law, a prominent Florida State University law professor.—
Stephen Sorace,
FOXNews.com,
5 Sep. 2025
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Lox's reaction to being scolded.—
Rachael O'Connor,
MSNBC Newsweek,
27 Aug. 2025
Verb
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So when Patel approached the podium on Friday the stakes were obviously high.—
Vinson Cunningham,
New Yorker,
13 Sep. 2025
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For a year and a half, the detectives first approached a large volume of low-match DNA results which could be traced back to existing American family trees.—
Claire Lempert,
ABC News,
12 Sep. 2025
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In one incident, his attorney said, Egyptian forces with machine guns stormed into an apartment where Soliman was asleep with his wife and young child.—
Hannah Allam,
ProPublica,
10 Sep. 2025
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Advertisement Advertisement Protesters stormed the Parliament in Kathmandu, and police responded with tear gas, rubber bullets, water cannons, and, according to human rights organization Amnesty International, live ammunition.—
Chad de Guzman,
Time,
9 Sep. 2025
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The court ruled that Particle plausibly alleged Epic abused its dominance in electronic health records to undermine competition in the payer platform market so that those claims will move forward into discovery.—
David Chou,
Forbes.com,
9 Sep. 2025
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The 7-year-old detailed abuse by her father and stepmother, whose 6-year-old daughter was also allegedly being abused, according to the court documents.—
Mike Stunson,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
8 Sep. 2025
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“Attacked.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/attacked. Accessed 14 Sep. 2025.
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