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напада́ть — meaning in English

napadat

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English meaning

  • ambuscade noun An ambush; a trap laid for an enemy.
  • assail verb To attack with harsh words or violent force.
  • assault noun A sudden violent attack, whether physical or verbal.
  • attack verb To use violent force against a person or place.
  • 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.
  • spike noun A large, pointed piece of metal, or anything shaped like one.

Senses

напада́ть is used for these senses in English:

  • allonge To thrust with a sword; to lunge.
  • ambuscade (dated) To lie in wait for, or to attack from a covert or lurking place; to waylay.
  • 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.
  • 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.

ambuscade — full definition

  1. noun An ambush; a trap laid for an enemy.
  2. noun The place in which troops lie hidden for an ambush.
  3. noun The body of troops lying in ambush.

assail — full definition

  1. verb To attack with harsh words or violent force.
  2. verb To overcome or successfully argue against; defeat.

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