Synonyms of the word

countermove

• n. A move in opposition or response to a preceding move.
• v. To move in opposition or in retaliation.

attack

• n. An attempt to cause damage, injury to, or death of opponent or enemy.
• n. An attempt to detract from the worth or credibility of, a person, position, idea, object, or thing, by…
• n. A time in which one attacks. The offence of a battle.
• n. (cricket) Collectively, the bowlers of a cricket side.
• n. (volleyball) Any contact with the ball other than a serve or block which sends the ball across the plane…
• n. (lacrosse) The three attackmen on the field or all the attackmen of a team.
• n. (medicine) The sudden onset of a disease or condition.
• n. An active episode of a chronic or recurrent disease.
• n. (music) The onset of a musical note, particularly with respect to the strength (and duration) of that…
• n. (audio) The amount of time it takes for the volume of an audio signal to go from zero to maximum level…
• v. (transitive) To apply violent force to someone or something.
• v. (transitive) To aggressively challenge a person, idea, etc., with words (particularly in newspaper headlines,…
• v. (transitive) To begin to affect; to act upon injuriously or destructively; to begin to decompose or waste.
• v. (transitive) To deal with something in a direct way; to set to work upon.
• v. (transitive, cricket) To aim balls at the batsman’s wicket.
• v. (intransitive, cricket) To set a field, or bowl in a manner designed to get wickets.
• v. (intransitive, cricket) To bat aggressively, so as to score runs quickly.
• v. (soccer) To move forward in an active attempt to score a point, as opposed to trying not to concede.
• v. (cycling) To accelerate quickly in an attempt to get ahead of the other riders.

counterattack

• n. Alternative form of counter-attack.
• v. Alternative form of counter-attack.

onrush

• n. A forceful rush or flow forward.
• n. An aggressive assault.
• v. To rush or flow forward forcefully.
• v. To assault aggressively.

onset

• n. A rushing or setting upon; an attack; an assault; a storming; especially, the assault of an army.
• n. (medicine) The initial phase of a disease or condition, in which symptoms first become apparent.
• n. (phonology) The initial portion of a syllable, preceding the syllable nucleus.
• n. (acoustics) The beginning of a musical note or other sound, in which the amplitude rises from zero to…
• n. (obsolete) A setting about; a beginning.
• n. (obsolete) Anything set on, or added, as an ornament or as a useful appendage.
• n. the start (of something).
• v. (obsolete) To assault; to set upon.
• v. (obsolete) To set about; to begin.

onslaught

• n. A fierce attack.
• n. A large number of people or things resembling an attack.