Synonyms for attacking
at·tack·ing

Princeton's WordNetRate this antonym:1.0 / 1 vote

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. President Dilma Rousseff:

   They will not achieve anything by attacking my record, which is known; I love my country and I'm honest, i will fight against the illegitimate interruption of my mandate using all the tools that the rule of law gives me.

2. Trae Young:

   I think we kind of bailed them out and let them off the hook taking some shots and obviously not attacking like we did in the first half.

3. Lori Stevenson:

   I would like to see Lori Stevenson ask some of the other people that were attacking Lori Stevenson, what they would do in that situation.

4. Iowa Ted Cruz:

   Just about every candidate in the Republican field is attacking me, I guess something has changed.

5. Rita Moreno:

   I'm simply saying, can't you just wait awhile and leave Washington Heights alone ? it would be so nice if they hadn't come up with that and left it alone, just for now. I mean, they're really attacking the wrong person.