| Roget’s II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition. 1995. |
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| NOUN: | 1. A method used in dealing with something: approach, course, line, modus operandi, plan, procedure, tack, technique. See MEANS. 2. The act of attacking: aggression, assailment, assault, attempt, offense, offensive, onrush, onset, onslaught, strike. See ATTACK. 3. A sudden and often acute manifestation of a disease: access, fit2, seizure. Informal : spell3. See HEALTH. | | VERB: | 1. To set upon with violent force: aggress, assail, assault, beset, fall on or (upon), go at, have at, sail into, storm, strike. Informal : light into, pitch into. See ATTACK. 2. To start work on vigorously: go at, sail in, tackle, wade in or (into). Idioms: hop to it. See WORK.
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