JUMP (ON) Synonyms: 122 Similar and Opposite Words

jump (on)

verb

Definition of jump (on)

as in to assault

to take sudden, violent action against the robbers waited until he had passed by them and then jumped on him without warning

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as in to attack

to criticize harshly and usually publicly no need to jump on him just because he locked the keys in the car

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Hanoi, Vietnam — Vietnam has charged a man with rape after an American student said she was assaulted while in her bed during a group holiday.

— CBS News, CBS News, 20 Aug. 2026
Pleitez would later tell police she was being confronted by Ahumada and others, who were assaulting her 20-year-old companion and attempting to drag him from the car.

— Nate Gartrell, Mercury News, 19 Aug. 2026

Definition of assault

Verb

That summer, Detroit was paralyzed by a violent uprising, which erupted after the city’s predominantly white police force raided a night club in a Black neighborhood.

— Rozina Ali, New Yorker, 21 Aug. 2026
Check it out… ‘Ruthless Podcast’ dives into Swalwell’s Fang Fang scandal and the FBI raiding his home.

— , FOXNews.com, 21 Aug. 2026

Definition of raid

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Previously, Vogel slammed Gayle King and Megyn Kelly for their recent criticism.

— James Hibberd, HollywoodReporter, 24 Aug. 2026
In one of the most memorable panels in superherocomic history, Bane, having beaten Batman down in his own Batcave, lifts the hero over his head and slams him down over his knee, breaking his back.

— Daniel Dockery, Vulture, 24 Aug. 2026

Definition of slam

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Teams of soldiers on Tuesday stormed Tambopata National Park, a spot in the Peruvian Amazon in the southeastern Madre de Dios region visited by an average of 40,000 tourists per year.

— ABC News, ABC News, 14 Aug. 2026
Phoenix reportedly stormed off the set of Haynes’ movie in July 2024 in Guadalajara, Mexico.

— Glenn Garner, Deadline, 14 Aug. 2026

Definition of storm

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For over a year, the White House has scolded and threatened the Smithsonian.

— Kelsey Ables, The Atlantic, 20 Aug. 2026
Some intergenerational sparring ensues, as Kevin scolds Arthur for his more outré boomer comments, and Arthur in turn sneers at his grandson’s millennial lameness.

— Jessica Kiang, Variety, 19 Aug. 2026

Definition of scold

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But Ezra Klein’s commentary on the movie did lead me to think about the broader issues the movie raises, which strike me as interesting and important.

— Fareed Zakaria, Washington Post, 21 Aug. 2026
Iran still strikes at tankers, and expects some form of control over the strait to endure even after a diplomatic settlement.

— Ishaan Tharoor, New Yorker, 20 Aug. 2026

Definition of strike

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