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. 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.

2. Nancy Mace:

   My opponent has stated my name hundreds of times, attacking me online, on social media, since she announced her run for Congress just under a year ago. And she has stated things that just aren't truthful, she has attacked me as a victim of rape about my work to protect women who've been raped. And you can't come out and say, you know, woe is me after you've been attacking me negatively for almost a year, saying my name repeatedly on social media. And then the first time I say your name literally cry foul, literally show up to an event in tears and then say, I put your life in danger. I have not. It would never do that.

3. Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush:

   Donald Trump's not going to get elected president by disparaging people, by attacking people all the time. That's not going to work. You lift people's spirits up to become president of the United States.

4. Scott Risan:

   We do a really good job with the safety of the airplanes, it's up to the builder to use good judgment when they are building and maintaining the airplane. The lawsuit seems to be kind of attacking the industry in general and that's unfortunate.

5. 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.