Responding to an attack
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
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- beat
- beatsomeoneoff
- beatsomeone/somethingback
- capitulate
- counter-assault
- counterattack
- countercharge
- defensive
- fendsomeoneoff
- fight
- fight back
- fight fire with fireidiom
- hold
- hold out
- human shield
- parry
- pull
- pull back
- pull out
- reflex
- repel
- repulse
- resist
- resistance
- retreat
- see
- seesomeoneoff
- stand
- stand up tosomeone/something
- strike
- strike back
- ward
- wardsomeone/somethingoff
- white flag
- withdrawal