Synonyms for set on
set on

WiktionaryRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. set onverb

   Synonyms:
   set upon

2. set onverb

   To encourage someone, or an animal, to attack someone.

   I will set the dogs on you, if you don't leave right now!

   Synonyms:
   set upon

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. assail, assault, set on, attackverb

   attack someone physically or emotionally

   "The mugger assaulted the woman"; "Nightmares assailed him regularly"

   Synonyms:
   violate, assail, lash out, snipe, ravish, round, dishonour, outrage, assault, rape, dishonor, attack, aggress

Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. set on

   Synonyms:
   incite, instigate, prompt, urge, impel, influence, actuate

2. set on

   Synonyms:
   attack, assault, set upon

How to pronounce set on?

How to say set on in sign language?

Words popularity by usage frequency

How to use set on in a sentence?

1. Dante Alighieri, Purgatorio, XVII , 59-60:

   For he who sees a need but waits to be asked is already set on cruel refusal.

2. Ron Johnson:

   I also condemned the 570 riots that occurred during the summer. So many people ignored those. The lieutenant governor has made excuses for those rioters saying ‘Well what do you expect? They’re frustrated,' if you want to talk about rioting, we should take a look at what happened in Kenosha. The day after the first night of rioting, when a used car lot was set on fire, instead of trying to calm things down, the lieutenant governor gave a press conference.

3. RAS CARDO REGGAE:

   the system set. The truth is:- insurance premiums are set on mortality rates so that companies would pay out less than they take in. In america black people died earlier than whites.So discrimination set in. Racism dictated that-emancipated blacks were uninsurable. Discrimination based on statistics has now a technotyrannical basis. We have become a racially decadent society.

4. John Locke:

   Good and evil, reward and punishment, are the only motives to a rational creature: these are the spur and reins whereby all mankind are set on work, and guided.

5. Cristina Baker:

   At that moment, it was like the weight I had been carrying for over 20 years of my life was lifted, i came in one way and left that room a completely different person. My heart was set on fire. I felt free. I wanted to turn my life around. From there, I went through a process of healing. It took a few months to get off the drugs, but I was ready to be free from it all – the drugs, the alcohol, all the things I was doing that were hurting me and others. I just felt like God was breaking the chains one by one.