Synonyms of flew at

flew at

phrase

past tense of fly at

as in attacked

to take sudden, violent action against

The batter flew at the pitcher, thinking the beanball was thrown on purpose.

Synonyms & Similar Words

• attacked
• raided
• assaulted
• stormed
• went in (on)
• turned (on)
• descended (on or upon)
• struck
• jumped (on)
• went at
• set at
• set on
• charged
• robbed
• rounded on
• pitched into
• set upon
• ambushed
• invaded
• pounced (on or upon)
• tore into
• beat up on
• rushed
• swarmed
• assailed
• bushwhacked
• beset
• lit into
• sicced
• trashed
• sicked
• surprised
• ganged up (on)
• flanked
• sacked
• besieged
• mobbed
• bombed
• blitzed
• ambuscaded
• waylaid
• battered
• mugged
• banged away (at)
• bombarded
• nuked
• cannonaded
• beleaguered
• plundered
• ravaged
• surprized
• buffeted
• looted
• bum-rushed
• plastered
• cannoned
• pillaged
• barraged
• harried
• enveloped
• pressed
• forayed
• overran

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• protected
• covered
• defended
• secured
• guarded
• shielded