Synonyms of pounced (on or upon)

pounced (on or upon)

verb

past tense of pounce (on or upon)

as in attacked

to take sudden, violent action against

the muggers pounced on the unsuspecting tourists as soon as they rounded the corner

Synonyms & Similar Words

• attacked
• assaulted
• raided
• descended (on or upon)
• turned (on)
• jumped (on)
• stormed
• set at
• set on
• set upon
• rounded on
• struck
• went in (on)
• charged
• robbed
• tore into
• flew at
• ambushed
• went at
• swarmed
• pitched into
• beat up on
• rushed
• invaded
• assailed
• bushwhacked
• lit into
• beset
• trashed
• sicked
• ganged up (on)
• surprised
• sicced
• sacked
• mobbed
• flanked
• bombed
• surprized
• ambuscaded
• waylaid
• besieged
• mugged
• plundered
• blitzed
• battered
• bombarded
• looted
• nuked
• buffeted
• ravaged
• banged away (at)
• cannonaded
• bum-rushed
• beleaguered
• pillaged
• plastered
• barraged
• harried
• pressed
• cannoned
• enveloped
• overran
• forayed

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• protected
• covered
• secured
• defended
• guarded
• shielded