Synonyms for pounce
paʊnspounce

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1. pounceverb

   the act of pouncing

2. pounce, swoopverb

   move down on as if in an attack

   "The raptor swooped down on its prey"; "The teacher swooped down upon the new students"

   Synonyms:
   swoop, swoop up

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Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:2.0 / 1 vote

1. pouncenoun

   Synonyms:
   claw, talon, nail

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1. List of paraphrases for "pounce":

   bounce

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1. Eric Smith:

   Santa Barbara is probably the single worst location on the planet anybody could choose for an oil spill, since the '69 spill, people have just been waiting to pounce on the oil industry. To have the spill here, this company is profoundly unlucky.

2. Stanisław Jerzy Lec:

   Intelligence, in diapers, is invisible. And when it matures, out the window it flies. We have to pounce on it earlier.

3. Rami Makhlouf on Sunday:

   Did anyone expect the security forces would pounce on Rami Makhlouf's companies who were their biggest supporters and their patron during the war?

4. Shawn Crowley:

   Three women, one clear pattern, pounce, kiss, grab, grope, don’t wait. When you’re a star you can do anything you want. And when they speak up about what happened, attack, humiliate them, call them liars. Call them too ugly to assault.

5. Manuel Valls:

   We must remain united and focused because we must be strong in the face of this threat, populism stalks us, ready to pounce at any opportunity, to blow on the embers of discord and exacerbate divisions, as every new division makes us more vulnerable.