Thesaurus - Words meaning to attack - 20 words
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ball up 
verb
- to beat someone until they enter the fetal position (their body forming a tight ball.)
If that guy keeps looking at me he's gonna get balled up.
Submitted by Brian, PA, USA, Dec 12 1999.
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bang (one) out 
verb
- to hit or cause bodily injury.
If you don't shut up, I'm going to bang you out.
Submitted by Anonymous, MD, USA, Feb 06 1998.
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BBE 
noun
- acronym of "Biggest Beating Ever," which can refer to "beating" as in a severe physical attack,
or a severe defeat e.g. in a competitive sport.
He just applied the BBE on that game.
Submitted by Steve Pine, Winston-Salem, NC, USA, Jan 13 1999.
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beat down 
noun
- a fight or severe beating. One typically "gives" or "puts" a beat down.
See "put the beat down."
You have just been scheduled for a beat down.
There's going to be a beat down if he doesn't stop that.
Submitted by Jonathan, Minneapolis, MN, USA, Mar 02 1999.
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bust on 
verb
- to hit, attack.
The bouncers busted on some drunk guy last night.
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fuck up 
verb
- to severely injure (a person) or damage (a thing.)
He really fucked that guy up!
Thanks for fucking up my car.
- to mess up; SCREW UP.
You really fucked up this job.
noun
- one who messes up; SCREWS UP.
He got fired because he was a fuck-up.
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get banked on 
adjective
- to be hit, punched, attacked.
He got banked on.
Submitted by Michael Cassell, Sacramento, CA, USA, Apr 25 1997.
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get medieval 
verb
- to beat or attack, usually severely. Origin: popularized by the 1994 movie Pulp Fiction.
I'm going to get medieval on his ass!
Submitted by Will Carpenter, Tallulah, LA, USA, Jun 11 1997.
Additional information provided by Emily Marcroft, UC Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, USA, Jan 13 1998
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go postal 
verb
- to perpetrate acts of premeditated violence.
- to go insane. Notes: the term originated
from the cases of United States Postal Service employees who, due to job
stress or other traumatic influence, have murdered coworkers on the job,
usually with a firearm. Only later did the definition open up to general insanity, but still has connotations of violence.
Submitted by Michael Venables, USA, Oct 01 2001.
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jacked up 
adjective
- stabbed or attacked.
He got into a fight and got all jacked up.
- broken or ruined.
You really jacked his car up!
- displeasing, rude, not proper, etc.
What you did to her was jacked up.
Submitted by Karl Bartolome, Oct 27 1997.
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jump 
verb
- to attack.
They jumped him in the subway and stole his wallet.
- to engage in intimate physical contact, usually intercourse. Also
jump (one's) bones.
I want to jump him.
Submitted by Jackie Hasa, Moraga, CA, USA, Apr 26 1998.
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kick (one's) ass 
verb
- to injure severely.
He kicked that guy's ass in a fight this weekend.
- to be victorious. Also kick ass.
Our football team kicked ass this weekend!
Our football team kicked their ass this weekend!
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make (one) dust (one's) back off 
verb
- to physically attack someone.
Keep talking shit and I'm going to make you dust your back off.
Submitted by D L Evans, Los Angeles, CA, USA, Nov 14 1997.
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open a can of whoop-ass 
verb
- to beat someone up.
If he screws with me again, I'm gonna open a can of whoop ass on him.
Submitted by Dennis Gallagher, Sacramento, CA, USA, Dec 01 2001.
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put the beat down 
verb
- to beat someone up, to attack. Also give a beat down; put the smack down.
If you don't get your act together, I'll have to put the beat down.
If you don't get your act together, I'll have to give you a beat down.
Submitted by Roni, San Jose, CA, USA, Mar 15 1998.
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stole 
verb
- to punch or attack, typically with no prior warning. Also stole on.
J Peezy stole on that dude last night and knocked him out.
Submitted by David LaBrie, VA, USA, Sep 23 1997.
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swapap 
verb
- to hit. Often spoken as a sound effect when playfully hitting a friend, especially when they do or say something stupid.
Submitted by Mike Gebbie, Shelby, MI, USA, Dec 21 2002.
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wail on 
verb
- to punch; to attack. Origin: possibly Maine, USA slang.
The cop wailed on that guy.
Submitted by George, ME, USA, Feb 01 1998.
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