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. Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell:

   My advice to our nominee is to start talking about the issues that the American people care about, and to start doing it now, in addition to that, it's time to quit attacking various people that you competed with or various minority groups in the country and get on message.

2. Patrick Shanahan:

   Quite frankly it's difficult to relive that moment and the passage was difficult for me to read. I was wrong to write those three sentences, i have never believed Will's attack on his mother was an act of self-defense or justified. I don't believe violence is appropriate ever, and certainly never any justification for attacking someone with a baseball bat.

3. Ngabu Ngawi Olivier:

   We are a peaceful sect and war does not benefit us, we took up arms to protect ourselves against attacks by the (army) and other religious communities on our followers. But now I think it is no longer important to continue killing civilians or attacking the army.

4. Ted Cruz:

   I don't think it's surprising that he's attacking me and that other candidates in the field are attacking me. Right now, we're winning.

5. Commerce Ministry spokesman Gao Feng:

   U.S. measures are essentially attacking global supply and value chains. To put it simply, the U.S. is opening fire on the entire world, including itself, china will not bow down in the face of threats and blackmail and will not falter from its determination to defend free trade and the multilateral system.