Synonyms of rounding on

rounding on

phrase

present participle of round on

as in attacking

to take sudden, violent action against

She rounded on him, punching him square in the nose.

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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