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напа́сть — meaning in English

napast

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English meaning

  • assail verb To attack someone fiercely, either physically or with strong criticism.
  • assault noun A sudden violent attack, whether physical or verbal.
  • attack verb To use violent force against a person or place.
  • bane noun A person or thing that causes constant trouble or ruin.
  • charge noun An amount of money asked for a service or product.
  • descend verb To move from a higher place to a lower one; to go down.
  • hijack verb To seize illegal control of a vehicle, especially a plane, in order to rob it or force it to a destination.
  • hit verb To strike someone or something, often forcefully.
  • invade verb To enter a country or territory by force in order to take control of it.
  • plague noun A deadly, fast-spreading disease, especially historically the bubonic plague.

Senses

напа́сть is used for these senses in English:

  • allonge To thrust with a sword; to lunge.
  • assail (transitive) To attack with harsh words or violent force (also figuratively).
  • assault (transitive) To attack, physically or figuratively; to assail.
  • attack (transitive) To apply violent force to someone or something.
  • attack (transitive) To begin to affect; to act upon injuriously or destructively; to begin to decompose or waste.
  • bane (countable) A cause of misery or ruin.
  • charge (military, transitive, and, intransitive) To attack by moving forward quickly in a group.
  • descend Chiefly followed by on or upon: to make an attack or incursion, from or as if from a vantage ground; to come suddenly and with violence.

assail — full definition

  1. verb To attack someone fiercely, either physically or with strong criticism.
  2. verb To win an argument against someone or something, defeating their case.

assault — full definition

  1. noun A sudden violent attack, whether physical or verbal.
  2. noun In law, an act that makes someone fear immediate physical harm, even without actual contact.
  3. verb To attack someone violently, physically or verbally.
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