напада́ть — meaning in English
napadat
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English meaning
- ambuscade noun A surprise attack set up to catch an enemy off guard.
- 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.
- 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
- noun A surprise attack set up to catch an enemy off guard.
- noun The spot where soldiers hide before launching a surprise attack.
- noun A group of soldiers hiding in wait to launch a surprise attack.
assail — full definition
- verb To attack someone fiercely, either physically or with strong criticism.
- verb To win an argument against someone or something, defeating their case.
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