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#714. Concord. -- N.

#715. Defiance. -- N. defiance

• daring &. v

• dare

• challenge

• cartel|!

• threat

• war cry

• war whoop

• chest-beating

• chest-thumping

• saber rattling

• V. defy

• dare

• beard

• brave

• bid defiance to

• set at

• defiance

• set at naught

• hurl defiance at

• dance the war dance

• beat the

• war drums

• snap the fingers at

• laugh to scorn

• disobey

• show fight

• show one's teeth

• show a bold front

• bluster

• look big

• stand akimbo

• beat one's chest

• double the fist

• shake the fist

• threaten

• challenge

• call out

• throw down the gauntlet

• fling down the gauntlet

• fling down the gage

• fling down the glove

• throw down the glove

• Adj. defiant

• defying

• Adv. in defiance of

• in the teeth of

• under one's very nose

• Int. do your worst! come if you dare! come on! marry come up! hoity

• toity|!

• Phr. noli me tangere[Lat]

• nemo me impune lacessit[Lat]

• don't tread

• on me

• don't you dare

• don't even think of it

• "Go ahead

• make my day!"

• [Dirty Harry]

#716. Attack. -- N. attack

• assault

• assault and battery

• onset

• onslaught

• charge

• aggression

• offense

• incursion

• inroad

• invasion

• irruption

• outbreak;

• coupe de main

• sally

• sortie

• raid

• foray

• run at

• run against

• dead set at

• storm

• storming

• boarding

• siege

• investment

• obsession|!

• bombardment

• cannonade

• fire

• volley

• platoon fire

• file fire

• fusillade

• sharpshooting

• broadside

• raking fire

• cross fire

• volley of grapeshot

• whiff of the

• grape

• cut

• thrust

• lunge

• pass

• home thrust

• kick

• punch

• Jacquerie

• devastation

• assailant

• aggressor

• invader

• base of operations

• point of attack

• echelon

• V. attack

• assault

• assail

• invade

• set upon

• fall upon

• charge

• impugn

• break a lance with

• enter the lists

• assume the offensive

• take the offensive

• be the aggressor

• become the

• aggressor

• strike the first blow

• draw first blood

• throw the first stone

• at

• lift a hand against

• draw the sword against

• take up the cudgels;

• advance against

• march against

• march upon

• harry

• come on

• show fight

• strike at

• poke at

• thrust at

• aim a blow at

• deal a blow at

• give one

• a blow

• fetch one a blow

• fetch one a kick

• give one a kick

• have a cut at

• have a shot at

• take a cut at

• take a shot at

• have a fling at

• have a shy

• at

• be down upon

• pounce upon

• fall foul of

• pitch into

• launch out

• against

• bait

• slap on the face

• make a thrust at

• make a pass at

• make a

• set at

• make a dead set at

• bear down upon

• close with

• come to close quarters;

• bring to bay

• ride full tilt against

• attack tooth and nail

• go at hammer and tongs

• let fly at

• dash at

• run a tilt at

• rush at

• tilt at

• run at

• fly at

• hawk at

• have at

• let out at

• make a dash

• make a rush at

• strike home;

• drive one hard

• press one hard

• be hard upon

• run down

• strike at the root

• of

• lay about one

• run amuck

• aim at

• draw a bead on [U.S.]

• fire upon

• fire at

• fire a shot at

• shoot at

• pop at

• level at

• let

• off a gun at

• open fire

• pepper

• bombard

• shell

• pour a broadside into;

• fire a volley

• fire red-hot shot

• spring a mine

• throw a stone

• throw stones at

• stone

• pelt

• hurl at

• hurl against

• hurl at the head of

• rock

• beset[U.S.]

• besiege

• beleaguer

• lay siege to

• invest

• open the

• trenches

• plant a battery

• sap

• mine

• storm

• board

• scale the walls

• cut and thrust

• bayonet

• butt

• kick

• strike

• whip

• [attack verbally] assail

• impugn

• malign (detract) 934

• bomb

• rocket

• blast

• Adj. attacking

• aggressive

• offensive

• up in arms

• Adv. on the offensive

• Int. "up and at them!"

• Phr. "the din of arms

• the yell of savage rage

• the shriek of agony

• the groan of death" [Southey]

• "their fatal hands no second stroke intend"

• [Paradise Lost]

• "thirst for glory quells the love of life" [Addison]

#717. Defense -- N. defense

• protection

• guard

• ward

• shielding

• propugnation|

• preservation

• guardianship

• area defense

• site defense

• self-defense

• self-preservation

• resistance

• safeguard

• bunker

• screen

• (shelter) 66

• camouflage

• fortification

• munition

• trench

• foxhole

• bulwark

• moat

• ditch

• entrenchment

• dike

• dyke

• parapet

• sunk

• fence

• embankment

• mound

• mole

• bank

• sandbag

• revetment

• earth work

• field-work

• fence

• wall dead wall

• paling

• (inclosure)

• palisade

• haha

• stockade

• barrier

• barricade

• boom

• portcullis

• abatis

• battlement

• rampart

• scarp

• counter-scarp

• glacis

• buttress

• abutment

• shore

• breastwork

• banquette

• curtain

• bastion

• advance work

• horn work

• outwork;

• barbican

• redoubt

• fort-alice

• lines

• loophole

• sally port

• hold

• stronghold

• fastness

• asylum

• keep

• donjon

• dungeon

• fortress

• citadel

• capitol

• castle

• tower of strength

• tower of

• strength

• fort

• sconce

• blockhouse

• wooden walls

• [body armor] bulletproof vest

• armored vest

• buffer

• corner stone

• fender

• apron

• mask

• gauntlet

• thimble

• carapace

• armor

• shield

• buckler

• aegis

• breastplate

• cowcatcher

• face guard

• cuirass

• mail

• coat of mail

• hauberk

• helmet

• helm

• bassinet

• siege cap

• headpiece

• casque

• pickelhaube

• shako

• bearskin

• panoply

• truncheon

• garrison

• picket

• piquet

• defender

• protector

• guardian

• 6

• bodyguard

• champion

• knight-errant

• Paladin

• bulletproof window

• hardened site

• V. defend

• forfend

• fend

• shield

• screen

• shroud

• fend round

• fence

• entrench

• guard

• guard against

• take care of

• bear

• harmless

• fend off

• keep off

• ward off

• beat off

• beat back

• hinder

• 706

• parry

• repel

• put to flight

• give a warm reception to

• [ironical]

• hold at bay

• keep at bay

• keep arm's length

• stand on the defensive

• act on the defensive

• show fight

• maintain

• one's ground

• stand one's ground

• stand by

• hold one's own

• bear the brunt

• stand the brunt

• fall back upon

• hold

• stand in the gap

• Adj. defending

• defensive

• mural|!

• armed

• armed at all points

• armed cap-a-pie

• armed to the teeth

• iron-plated

• ironclad

• loopholed

• castellated

• defended

• proof against

• armored

• ballproof|!

• bulletproof

• hardened

• Adv. defensively

• on the defense

• on the defensive

• in defense

• at

• bay

• Int. no surrender!

• Phr. defense not defiance

• fidei defensor

• [Lat: defender of the faith]

#718. Retaliation. -- N. retaliation

• reprisal

• retort

• payback;

• counter-stroke

• counter-blast

• counterplot

• counter-project

• retribution

• lex talionis[Lat]

• reciprocation

• tit for tat

• give and take

• blow for blow

• quid pro quo

• a Roland for

• an Oliver

• measure for measure

• diamond cut diamond

• the biter bit

• a game

• at which two can play

• reproof valiant

• retort courteous

• recrimination

• revenge

• compensation

• 30

• reaction

• V. retaliate

• retort

• turn upon

• pay

• pay off

• pay back

• pay in one's

• own coin

• pay in the same coin

• cap

• reciprocate

• turn the tables

• upon

• return the compliment

• give a quid pro quo

• give as much as

• one takes

• give as good as one gets

• give and take

• exchange fisticuffs

• be

• quits

• be even with

• pay off old scores

• serve one right

• be hoist on one's own petard

• throw a stone in one's

• own garden

• catch a Tartar

• Adj. retaliating

• retaliatory

• retaliative

• Adv. in retaliation

• en revanche

• Phr. mutato nomine de te fabula narratur [Lat][Horace]

• par pari

• refero [Lat][Terence]

• tu quoque[Lat: you too]

• you're another

• suo sibi

• gladio hunc jugulo [Lat]

• litem [Lat]. . . lite

• resolvit [Lat][Horace]