Synonyms for attacking
at·tack·ing

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1. assaultive, attacking(a)adjective

   disposed to attack

   Antonyms:
   defensive

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1. List of paraphrases for "attacking":

   attack, attacker, attacked, raiding, attacks, assaulting, hit, hitting, offensive

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1. Zaw Htay:

   Now the Myanmar military is attacking and following them. They ran away after attacking the civilian targets, this is not an ethnic rights movement, this is a terrorist attack.

2. Daniel Cameron:

   Even as anarchists mindlessly tear up American cities while attacking police and innocent bystanders, we Republicans do recognize those who work in good faith towards peace, justice and equality, in fact, it was Gen. Dwight Eisenhower, Dwight Eisenhower, who said democracy is a system that recognizes the equality of humans before the law.

3. Joseph Addison:

   Ridicule is generally made use of to laugh men out of virtue and good sense, by attacking everything praiseworthy in human life.

4. Rob Mahoney:

   Donald Trump gave a cue to leaders around the world that attacking the media was now fair game, when Donald Trump launched attacks on the media( over their coverage) of Donald Trump shambolic handling of the pandemic, the very moment the public needs as accurate information as possible, leaders in India, Brazil, the Philippines and Western Europe followed suit, denying the severity of the virus to cover their own failures.

5. Alfredo Ortiz:

   AOC has barely been in elected office and she is already acting like a typical Washington politician by attacking an organization because she cant defend her position. AOC cost New Yorkers 25,000 jobs and $ 4 billion in annual wages.