tilt at
verb
Roget 716:
attack,
assault,
assail;
invade;
set upon,
fall upon;
charge,
impugn,
break a lance with,
enter the lists.
assume the offensive,
take the offensive;
be the aggressor,
become the aggressor;
strike the first blow,
draw first blood,
throw the first stone at;
lift a hand against,
draw the 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
etc.
(impulse)
276;
whip
etc.
(punish)
972.
[attack verbally]
assail,
impugn;
malign
(detract)
934.
bomb,
rocket,
blast.
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