Attack

Synonyms: Begin an assault, pounce, begin hostilities, bombard, blitz, fire on/at, storm, charge, strike, ambush, shell, strafe, and rush.

Synonyms: Assault, beat up, thrash, pummel, set upon, strike at, tear into, aggress, mug, jump, do over, knock about, rough up, lace into, pitch into, let someone have it, have a go at, beat up on, beat, batter, pound, assail, fall upon, let fly at, lash out at, ambush, pounce on, paste, work over, knock around, lay into, sail into, get stuck into, set about, duff someone up, and light into.

Synonyms: Affect, strike, take hold of, damage, have an effect on, strike at, infect, and injure.

Synonyms: Criticize, condemn, chastise, pillory, find fault with, abuse, reprove, reprimand, remonstrate with, take to task, impugn, blame, vilify, knock, take to pieces, crucify, hammer, tear into, roast, cane, bawl out, rap over the knuckles, give someone hell, slate, rubbish, rollick, give someone a rocket, tear a strip off someone, ream out, cut up, rate, excoriate, reprehend, censure, castigate, lambast, savage, fulminate against, berate, rebuke, admonish, reproach, haul over the coals, harangue, revile, give someone a bad press, slam, pull apart, bash, lay into, sail into, give someone a roasting, blast, dress down, have a go at, carpet, slag off, monster, give someone a rollicking, tear someone off a strip, chew out, pummel, bag, slash, and objurgate.

Synonyms: Attend to, see to, grapple with, direct one's attention to, concentrate on, buckle down to, go to work on, set about, undertake, get stuck into, get weaving on, have a go at, have a stab at, address, deal with, confront, focus on, apply oneself to, get to work on, set to work on, get started on, embark on, get cracking on, have a crack at, and have a shot at.

Synonyms: Assault, offensive, blitz, sortie, storming, rush, push, invasion, inroad, razzia, onslaught, strike, raid, sally, charge, drive, thrust, incursion, act of aggression, and onset.

Synonyms: Criticism, rebuke, admonishment, reproval, denunciation, invective, tirade, rant, broadside, verbal onslaught, knocking, dressing-down, earful, rollicking, rocket, slating, carpeting, blast, philippic, censure, admonition, reprimand, condemnation, revilement, vilification, diatribe, polemic, harangue, stricture, telling-off, rap over the knuckles, roasting, caning, wigging, ticking off, bashing, and rating.

Synonyms: Fit, spasm, paroxysm, flare-up, spell, access, seizure, convulsion, outburst, bout, and dose.