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111raid — Synonyms and related words: air attack, air raid, air strike, assault, attack, banditry, bear raid, blitz, board, boarding, brigandage, brigandism, bull raid, bust, corner, corner in, depredate, depredation, descend upon, despoil, despoiling,… …
112seize — Synonyms and related words: abduct, absorb, accroach, adopt, afflict, annex, appreciate, apprehend, appropriate, arrest, arrogate, assimilate, assume, assume command, be acquainted with, be apprised of, be aware of, be cognizant of, be conscious… …
113turn up — Synonyms and related words: abandon, accomplish, achieve, appear, appear unexpectedly, approach, arise, arrive, arrive at, arrive in, assister, attain, attain to, attend, be at, be found, be present at, be received, be unexpected, bechance,… …
114assault — n 1. attack, offensive, onslaught, onset, rush, blitz, blitzkrieg, storming, Fr. coup de main, Obs. brunt; raid, foray, sortie, sally; invasion, aggression, incursion, escalade; siege, besiegement, beset ment, investment; bombardment, strafing,… …
115attack — v 1. assault, raid, storm, charge, rush, blitz, blitzkrieg; set upon, pounce upon, descend upon, fall on, open fire.upon, begin hostilities; light into, Inf. lace into, Inf. rip into, Inf. tear into, Sl. zap, Sl. let [s.o.] have it, Sl. lay into …
116rush — v 1. hasten, Literary. haste, hurry, move quickly, lose no time; make haste, Scot. swith, Scot. whirry, race, scurry, skip, spurt, whisk, run, sprint; press on, push on, shoot, tear, fly, fly on the wings of the wind, outstrip the wind, take wing …
117surprise — v 1. astonish, amaze, astound, stun, Inf. flabbergast, Inf. snow, Sl. blow away, Sl. blow one s mind; overwhelm, overpower, Inf. bowl over, Inf. floor, Inf. knock or throw one for a loop, Inf. set back on one s heels; hit like a ton of bricks,… …
118Eagle class patrol craft — The Eagle class patrol craft were a set of steel ships smaller than destroyers but having a greater operational radius than the wooden hulled, 110 foot submarine chasers developed in 1917. The submarine chasers range of about 900 miles at a… …
119astonish — Synonyms and related words: affright, alarm, amaze, ambush, astound, awe, awestrike, bedaze, bedazzle, bewilder, boggle, bowl down, bowl over, bushwhack, catch off guard, catch unawares, come from behind, come upon unexpectedly, confound, daze,… …
120battle — n 1. clash, struggle, strife, contention, tussle, scuffle; contest, war, bout, Armageddon; skirmish, action, brush; combat, warfare, fighting, hostilities; collision, conflict, meeting, engagement, encounter, rencounter; fight, donnybrook, Scot.… …
