Synonyms of pouncing (on or upon)

pouncing (on or upon)

verb

present participle of pounce (on or upon)

as in attacking

to take sudden, violent action against

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• attacking
• turning (on)
• assaulting
• raiding
• descending (on or upon)
• jumping (on)
• flying at
• storming
• setting on
• setting at
• going in (on)
• setting upon
• striking
• tearing into
• going at
• pitching into
• beating up on
• rounding on
• robbing
• charging
• ambushing
• lighting into
• rushing
• sicking
• ganging up (on)
• invading
• swarming
• assailing
• besetting
• bushwhacking
• siccing
• trashing
• banging away (at)
• surprising
• surprizing
• sacking
• mobbing
• flanking
• bombing
• besieging
• mugging
• ambuscading
• waylaying
• blitzing
• plundering
• bombarding
• battering
• nuking
• cannonading
• looting
• ravaging
• buffeting
• cannoning
• barraging
• bum-rushing
• plastering
• pillaging
• harrying
• enveloping
• beleaguering
• pressing
• overrunning
• foraying

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• covering
• protecting
• securing
• defending
• guarding
• shielding