ROGET'S THESAURUS OF ENGLISH WORDS AND PHRASES ...

sword against; take up the cudgels; advance against, march against; march upon, harry;
come on, show fight.
strike at, poke at, thrust at; aim a blow at, deal a blow at; give one a blow, fetch one a
blow, fetch one a kick, give one a kick; have a cut at, have a shot at, take a cut at, take a
shot at, have a fling at, have a shy at; be down upon, pounce upon; fall foul of, pitch into,
launch out against; bait, slap on the face; make a thrust at, make a pass at, make a set at,
make a dead set at; bear down upon.
close with, come to close quarters; bring to bay.
ride full tilt against; attack tooth and nail, go at hammer and tongs.
let fly at, dash at, run a tilt at, rush at, tilt at, run at, fly at, hawk at, have at, let out at;
make a dash, make a rush at; strike home; drive one hard; press one hard; be hard upon,
run down, strike at the root of.
lay about one, run amuck.
aim at, draw a bead on [U.S.].
fire upon, fire at, fire a shot at; shoot at, pop at, level at, let off a gun at; open fire,
pepper, bombard, shell, pour a broadside into; fire a volley, fire red-hot shot; spring a
mine.
throw a stone, throw stones at; stone, lapidate † , pelt; hurl at, hurl against, hurl at the
head of; rock beset [U.S.], besiege, beleaguer; lay siege to, invest, open the trenches,
plant a battery, sap, mine; storm, board, scale the walls.
cut and thrust, bayonet, butt; kick, strike &c (impulse) 276; whip &c (punish) 972.
[attack verbally] assail, impugn; malign (detract) 934.
bomb, rocket, blast.
Adj. attacking &c v.; aggressive, offensive, obsidional † .
up in arms.
Adv. on the offensive.
Int. up and at them!
Phr. the din of arms, the yell of savage rage, the shriek of agony, the groan of death
[Southey]; their fatal hands no second stroke intend [Paradise Lost]; thirst for glory quells
the love of life [Addison].
717. Defense -- N. defense, protection, guard, ward; shielding &c v.; propugnation † ,
preservation &c 670; guardianship.
area defense; site defense.
self-defense, self-preservation; resistance &c 719.
safeguard &c (safety) 664; balistraria † ; bunker, screen &c (shelter) 666; camouflage
&c (concealment) 530; fortification; munition, muniment † ; trench, foxhole; bulwark,
fosse † , moat, ditch, entrenchment, intrenchment † ; kila † ; dike, dyke; parapet, sunk fence,
embankment, mound, mole, bank, sandbag, revetment; earth work, field-work; fence,
wall dead wall, contravallation † ; paling &c (inclosure) 232; palisade, haha, stockade,
stoccado † , laager † , sangar † ; barrier, barricade; boom; portcullis, chevaux de frise [Fr.];
abatis, abattis † , abbatis † ; vallum † , circumvallation † , battlement, rampart, scarp; escarp † ,
counter-scarp; glacis, casemate † ; vallation † , vanfos † .
buttress, abutment; shore &c (support) 215.