shooting down (verb) assault: attack
Detalii: to assail a task is to approach it with the intent of mastering it, from Latin salire 'to leap'; assault is also based on this word and assail and assault can be synonymsassault is an attempt or threat to do physical harm while battery is unjustified application of force; assault and battery is carrying out of threatened physical harm or violence
Sinonime: abuse,
advance,
assail,
bash,
beset,
blast,
blitz, bushwhack,
charge, come down on, go for, haul off on,
invade,
jump, jump down one's throat, jump on one's case, lay into, let have it, light into,
rape,
ruin, set upon, shoot down,
slam, slap around,
storm,
strike,
trash,
violate, work over, zap