| assail(verb, attack, abuse, criticize, strike) |
| attack(verb, hit, abuse, criticize, strike) |
| assault(verb, attack, criticize, strike, blast) |
| lace into(verb, expression, state, charge, maintain) |
| tear into(verb, expression, attack, criticize, condemn) |
| come down on(verb, expression, idiom, attack, abuse) |
| crack down on(verb, expression, idiom, criticize, censure) |
| gang up on(verb, expression, idiom, state, charge) |
| light into(verb, expression, support, state, force) |
| pitch into |
| set upon(verb, expression, attack, abuse, criticize) |
| swoop down on(verb, expression, idiom, attack, assault) |
| beat(verb, attack, hit, criticize, censure) |
| draw first blood(expression, idiom) |
| fall on(verb, expression, attack) |
| fall upon |
| have at(verb, expression, charge, attack, maintain) |
| hit like lightning(expression, idiom) |
| lambaste(verb, attack, criticize, censure, condemn) |
| lay about one(expression, idiom) |