All fall on synonyms
fall on
F f verb fall on
- plague β French La Peste. a novel (1947) by Albert Camus.
- attack β To attack a person or place means to try to hurt or damage them using physical violence.
- bear β If you bear something somewhere, you carry it there or take it there.
- bedevil β If you are bedevilled by something unpleasant, it causes you a lot of problems over a period of time.
- perplex β to cause to be puzzled or bewildered over what is not understood or certain; confuse mentally: Her strange response perplexed me.
- besiege β If you are besieged by people, many people want something from you and continually bother you.
- beleaguer β to trouble persistently; harass
- surround β to enclose on all sides; encompass: She was surrounded by reporters.
- invade β to enter forcefully as an enemy; go into with hostile intent: Germany invaded Poland in 1939.
- overrun β to rove over (a country, region, etc.); invade; ravage: a time when looting hordes had overrun the province.
- meet β greatest lower bound
- face β the front part of the head, from the forehead to the chin.
- undergo β to be subjected to; experience; pass through: to undergo surgery.
- consider β If you consider a person or thing to be something, you have the opinion that this is what they are.
- feel β to perceive or examine by touch.
- leave β to go out of or away from, as a place: to leave the house.
- see β to perceive with the eyes; look at.
- know β to perceive or understand as fact or truth; to apprehend clearly and with certainty: I know the situation fully.
- allow β If someone is allowed to do something, it is all right for them to do it and they will not get into trouble.
- permit β to allow to do something: Permit me to explain.
- need β a requirement, necessary duty, or obligation: There is no need for you to go there.
- become β If someone or something becomes a particular thing, they start to change and develop into that thing, or start to develop the characteristics mentioned.
- suffer β to undergo or feel pain or distress: The patient is still suffering.
- raid β a sudden assault or attack, as upon something to be seized or suppressed: a police raid on a gambling ring.
- violate β to break, infringe, or transgress (a law, rule, agreement, promise, instructions, etc.).
- plunder β to rob of goods or valuables by open force, as in war, hostile raids, brigandage, etc.: to plunder a town.
- pillage β to strip ruthlessly of money or goods by open violence, as in war; plunder: The barbarians pillaged every conquered city.
- ravage β to work havoc upon; damage or mar by ravages: a face ravaged by grief.
- occupy β to take or fill up (space, time, etc.): I occupied my evenings reading novels.
- breach β If you breach an agreement, a law, or a promise, you break it.
- infect β to affect or contaminate (a person, organ, wound, etc.) with disease-producing germs.
- penetrate β to pierce or pass into or through: The bullet penetrated the wall. The fog lights penetrated the mist.
- loot β spoils or plunder taken by pillaging, as in war.
- hassle β a disorderly dispute.
- infest β to live in or overrun to an unwanted degree or in a troublesome manner, especially as predatory animals or vermin do: Sharks infested the coastline.
- ring β a male given name.
- badger β A badger is a wild animal which has a white head with two wide black stripes on it. Badgers live underground and usually come up to feed at night.
- aggress β to attack first or begin a quarrel
- nudge β to annoy with persistent complaints, criticisms, or pleas; nag: He was always nudging his son to move to a better neighborhood.
- nag β to annoy by persistent faultfinding, complaints, or demands.
- pester β to bother persistently with petty annoyances; trouble: Don't pester me with your trivial problems.
- attack β To attack a person or place means to try to hurt or damage them using physical violence.
- storm β Theodore Woldsen [tey-aw-dawr vawlt-suh n] /ΛteΙͺ ΙΛdΙr ΛvΙlt sΙn/ (Show IPA), 1817β88, German poet and novelist.
- strike β to deal a blow or stroke to (a person or thing), as with the fist, a weapon, or a hammer; hit.
- circle β A circle is a shape consisting of a curved line completely surrounding an area. Every part of the line is the same distance from the centre of the area.
- compass β A compass is an instrument that you use for finding directions. It has a dial and a magnetic needle that always points to the north.
- assail β If someone assails you, they criticize you strongly.
- bug β A bug is an insect or similar small creature.
- girdle β a lightweight undergarment, worn especially by women, often partly or entirely of elastic or boned, for supporting and giving a slimmer appearance to the abdomen, hips, and buttocks.
- ride β to sit on and manage a horse or other animal in motion; be carried on the back of an animal.