assail+with+blows
71To fall to — Fall Fall (f[add]l), v. i. [imp. {Fell} (f[e^]l); p. p. {Fallen} (f[add]l n); p. pr. & vb. n. {Falling}.] [AS. feallan; akin to D. vallen, OS. & OHG. fallan, G. fallen, Icel. Falla, Sw. falla, Dan. falde, Lith. pulti, L. fallere to deceive, Gr.… …
72To fall under — Fall Fall (f[add]l), v. i. [imp. {Fell} (f[e^]l); p. p. {Fallen} (f[add]l n); p. pr. & vb. n. {Falling}.] [AS. feallan; akin to D. vallen, OS. & OHG. fallan, G. fallen, Icel. Falla, Sw. falla, Dan. falde, Lith. pulti, L. fallere to deceive, Gr.… …
73To fall upon — Fall Fall (f[add]l), v. i. [imp. {Fell} (f[e^]l); p. p. {Fallen} (f[add]l n); p. pr. & vb. n. {Falling}.] [AS. feallan; akin to D. vallen, OS. & OHG. fallan, G. fallen, Icel. Falla, Sw. falla, Dan. falde, Lith. pulti, L. fallere to deceive, Gr.… …
74hit — hitless, adj. hittable, adj. hitter, n. /hit/, v., hit, hitting, n. v.t. 1. to deal a blow or stroke to: Hit the nail with the hammer. 2. to come against with an impact or collision, as a missile, a flying fragment, a falling body, or the like:… …
75batter — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. smash, beat, pound. See destruction, impulse. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [One who bats] Syn. hitter, batsman, pinch hitter, designated hitter, switch hitter, player, man who is up, man at the plate,… …
76belabor — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. harp or dwell on. See repetition. II (Roget s IV) v. Syn. dwell on, harp on, overemphasize, run into the ground*; see emphasize , repeat 1 , 3 . III (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) v. dwell on, go on… …
77clobber — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t., slang, pummel, punish; defeat. See impulse, success. II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) v. punch, pound, beat, wallop, pummel, hit, strike, belt, drub, thrash, *slug, *sock. III (Roget s Thesaurus II)… …
78oppose — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. contrast, confront; combat, counter, resist, hinder; contradict, refute, cross; repel, withstand; obstruct; contravene. See opposition, confutation, negation, resistance.Ant., support. II (Roget s… …
79pummel — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. pommel, beat, belabor. See impulse, punishment. II (Roget s IV) v. Syn. beat, pound, trounce; see beat 1 , 2 , hit 1 . See Synonym Study at beat . III (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) v. pommel, beat,… …
80drub — I (Roget s IV) v. Syn. cudgel, thrash, trounce; see beat 2 , defeat 3 . II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) v. thrash, hit, beat, whip, wallop, pound, club, cane, lash, switch. III (Roget s Thesaurus II) verb 1. To hit heavily and repeatedly with… …
