Attack by battering
1Battering ram — A battering ram is a siege engine originating in ancient times to break open fortification walls or doors.In its simplest form, a battering ram is just a large, heavy log carried by several people and propelled with force against an obstacle; the …
2attack — Synonyms and related words: Jacksonian epilepsy, MO, Rolandic epilepsy, abdominal epilepsy, abuse, accept, access, acquired epilepsy, action, activated epilepsy, activation, affect, affect epilepsy, affection, aggression, aggressiveness, ailment …
3battering — Synonyms and related words: assault, attack, butchery, disorderliness, forcible seizure, killing, laying waste, looting, massacre, obstreperousness, onslaught, pillaging, rape, riot, rioting, sacking, slaughter, sowing with salt, unruliness,… …
4battering — noun the act of subjecting to strong attack • Syn: ↑banging • Hypernyms: ↑fight, ↑fighting, ↑combat, ↑scrap …
5WAR AND WARFARE — TO THE DESTRUCTION OF THE FIRST TEMPLE The methods of offensive and defensive warfare developed side by side in the Ancient Near East. The development of weapons was dependent upon the supply of raw materials, such as stone, metal, and wood; the… …
6looting — Synonyms and related words: assault, attack, banditry, battering, brigandage, brigandism, butchery, depredation, despoiling, despoilment, despoliation, direption, disorderliness, foraging, foray, forcible seizure, freebooting, killing, laying… …
7pillaging — Synonyms and related words: assault, attack, banditry, battering, brigandage, brigandism, butchery, depredation, despoiling, despoilment, despoliation, direption, disorderliness, foraging, foray, forcible seizure, freebooting, killing, laying… …
8sacking — Synonyms and related words: assault, attack, banditry, battering, brigandage, brigandism, butchery, depredation, despoiling, despoilment, despoliation, direption, disorderliness, foraging, foray, forcible seizure, freebooting, killing, laying… …
9batter — I. v. a. 1. Beat, smite, pelt, dash against. 2. Bruise, break, shatter, shiver, smash, demolish, destroy, strike down, knock down, shake to pieces, shiver to pieces. 3. Indent, wear, wear away, abrade, deface, mar, disfigure. II. v. n. 1. Attack… …
10broadside — n 1. criticism, censure, critical review; attack, bombardment, battering, storming; assault, onslaught, assailment, besetment; cannonade, Mil. battery, Mil. barrage, discharge, volley, salvo. 2. placard, poster, bill, circular, U.S. flyer,… …
