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
Police said former professional soccer player Badea and another man attacked Zeraati before fleeing in a getaway car driven by Stana and then flying out of the country from Heathrow Airport.
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ABC News,
3 July 2026
The three men who attacked our CBS News Chicago crew near Adler Planetarium before pointing a gun at people in Brighton Park on Monday afternoon have been charged.
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Jeramie Bizzle,
CBS News,
2 July 2026
Police arrived and found that the caller had been attacked and had minor injuries.
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Nathan Pilling
july 1,
Kansas City Star,
2 July 2026
The incident happened the same day two women reported being attacked by an armed man while hiking on the Bicentennial Greenway in High Point, which is about 30 miles northeast of Tanglewood Park.
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Mark Price
july 2,
Charlotte Observer,
2 July 2026
After the match, MJF attacked Briscoe with the Dynamite Diamond Ring.
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Rob Wolkenbrod,
Forbes.com,
2 July 2026
Oaklyn Parsons, 5, was attacked June 28 by a rabid fox on her front porch.
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Cara Lynn Shultz,
PEOPLE,
2 July 2026
Ship traffic through Hormuz plunged during the war as Iran attacked vessels, triggering the largest oil supply disruption in history.
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Spencer Kimball,
CNBC,
22 June 2026
Take Cayman, a dog who was recently attacked by a bear and had to undergo emergency surgery, as an example.
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Sydney Lake,
Fortune,
22 June 2026
ABC News,
3 July 2026
The three men who attacked our CBS News Chicago crew near Adler Planetarium before pointing a gun at people in Brighton Park on Monday afternoon have been charged.
—
Jeramie Bizzle,
CBS News,
2 July 2026
Police arrived and found that the caller had been attacked and had minor injuries.
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Nathan Pilling
july 1,
Kansas City Star,
2 July 2026
The incident happened the same day two women reported being attacked by an armed man while hiking on the Bicentennial Greenway in High Point, which is about 30 miles northeast of Tanglewood Park.
—
Mark Price
july 2,
Charlotte Observer,
2 July 2026
After the match, MJF attacked Briscoe with the Dynamite Diamond Ring.
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Rob Wolkenbrod,
Forbes.com,
2 July 2026
Oaklyn Parsons, 5, was attacked June 28 by a rabid fox on her front porch.
—
Cara Lynn Shultz,
PEOPLE,
2 July 2026
Ship traffic through Hormuz plunged during the war as Iran attacked vessels, triggering the largest oil supply disruption in history.
—
Spencer Kimball,
CNBC,
22 June 2026
Take Cayman, a dog who was recently attacked by a bear and had to undergo emergency surgery, as an example.
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Sydney Lake,
Fortune,
22 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for attacked
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The singer, who notably assaulted ex-girlfriend and Fenty beauty mogul Rihanna the night before the 2009 Grammy Awards, pleaded not guilty last year in the Diaw case.
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One of the suspects also assaulted and sprayed paint on a person, and when officers tried to detain the suspects several blocks away at Turk and Taylor streets, other people surrounded and obstructed the officers, police said.
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In a scathing Instagram post this morning, LuPone, who has long been devoted to her equally enamored gay fandom, slammed Turkey’s latest homophobic move.
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Investigators said the Tesla slammed through a brick home at a high rate of speed, fatally striking Avila.
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Sheikh Haque was tackled by a congregant inside the Muslim Center of New York on Geranium Ave.
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The goal was erased, however, because Spain tackled Austria’s goalkeeper before Cucurella took his shot.
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Kerr’s home in Florida was raided by the FBI on the same day.
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Emilee Hackney is an eighth-generation Appalachian who grew up in the coalfields of southwest Virginia in a family so impoverished her parents occasionally raided her and her brother’s piggy banks to pay the mortgage and buy groceries.
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Davis remembered once being scolded as a teenager by her mother after being caught speaking poorly of a classmate.
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Well versed in what the lunar surface truly offers, Britt scolded a number of arty accounts of lunar territory promulgated by both NASA and commercial space ventures.
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Organizers of celebrations months in the making had to adjust or cancel activities entirely as much of the East Coast sweltered under heat that approached and in many cases surpassed triple digits.
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Mixed responses to the American Freedom Train matched the national mood as the United States approached its Bicentennial celebration in 1976.
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When Daemon stormed into his dining room to seize Harrenhal under Rhaenyra’s name, Ser Simon was super polite about the whole thing.
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The Young Lords, a group of Puerto Rican activists, stormed and occupied the Lincoln Hospital in the Bronx, New York, for 12 hours.
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Bianca Graham, 30, of Astoria, abused her position at the Blythebourne Post Office in Borough Park to make some extra cash at the expense of 13 victims between August 2024 and August 2025, prosecutors say.
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Seven years later, Leonard has abused an organization, alienated a fan base and basically collected nearly $300 million of Steve Ballmer’s money and burned it.
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“Attacked.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/attacked. Accessed 5 Jul. 2026.
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