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set upon
Overview of verb set-upon
The verb set upon has 1 sense (no senses from tagged texts)
1. beset, set upon -- (assail or attack on all sides: "The zebra was beset by leopards")
Antonyms of verb set-upon
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb set-upon
1 sense of set upon
Sense 1
beset, set upon
=> assail, assault, set on, attack
Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb set-upon
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb set-upon
1 sense of set upon
Sense 1
beset, set upon
=> assail, assault, set on, attack
'Cause To' of verb set-upon
Derived Forms of verb set-upon
Domain of verb set-upon
Domain Terms of verb set-upon
Familiarity of verb set-upon
set upon used as a verb is very rare (polysemy count =1)
Sample Sentences of verb set-upon
1 sense of set upon
Sense 1
beset, set upon
*> Somebody ----s somebody
*> Something ----s somebody
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of verb set-upon
1 sense of set upon
Sense 1
beset, set upon
> assail, assault, set on, attack
=> bait
=> sic, set
=> bulldog
=> rush
=> blindside
=> savage
=> reassail
=> jump
=> beset, set upon
=> rape, ravish, violate, assault, dishonor, dishonour, outrage
=> desecrate, profane, outrage, violate
=> molest
Synonyms (Grouped by Similarity of Meaning) of verb set-upon
Sense 1
beset, set upon
=> assail, assault, set on, attack
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