Synonyms of setting on

setting on

verb

present participle of set on

as in attacking

to take sudden, violent action against

without warning, bandits would set on unwary merchants as they traveled along the Silk Road

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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