sic

verb

ˈsik How to pronounce sic (audio)
variants also sick
Definition of sicnext
as in to attack
to take sudden, violent action against commanded the attack dogs to "sic 'em"

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Recent Examples of sic The people that have been killed, the people that have wiped away [sic], and for what? — Fintan O’Toole, The New York Review of Books, 9 Apr. 2026 Time is running out - 48 hours before all Hell will reign [sic] down on them. — Garrett Downs,azhar Sukri, CNBC, 5 Apr. 2026 Thankyou [sic] for your patience, love and never ending support. — Chanel Vargas, InStyle, 4 Apr. 2026 Now folks are playing the blame game, trying to sic the stans on each other. — Bethy Squires, Vulture, 18 Mar. 2026 See All Example Sentences for sic
Recent Examples of Synonyms for sic
  1. attack
  2. assault
  3. raid
  4. storm
  5. strike
  6. rob
  7. ambush
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  • New arrival Maghnes Akliouche adds another attacking option this summer, while the signing of Lucas Digne from Villa gives this particular fixture an early subplot, with the full-back facing his old club straight out of the gate.
    — Dean Jones, New York Times, 11 Aug. 2026
  • The woman was in the Silver River in Marion County, just south of Gainesville, when she was attacked on the arm on Saturday, the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission said.
    — Emily Shapiro, ABC News, 10 Aug. 2026
Definition of attack
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  • Police say the victim courageously fought for her life and escaped to the breezeway of the apartment, screaming for help as Reyes continued to assault her.
    — CBS News, CBS News, 13 Aug. 2026
  • In addition to the federal investigations, Mills has been accused of misrepresenting his military record, engaging in unethical business dealings, assaulting a girlfriend and stalking an ex-girlfriend.
    — Annie Martin, The Orlando Sentinel, 12 Aug. 2026
Definition of assault
Verb
  • Members of the Montreal City Police Department found the weapon, a Glock 26, on August 30, 2024, when officers raided a home in relation to a kidnapping investigation, court records show.
    — Mark Morales, CNN Money, 9 Aug. 2026
  • In September of 2022, Spanish police arrested an Irishman suspected of laundering money for the Kinahan organization after raiding a property in Malaga on the Costa del Sol.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 9 Aug. 2026
Definition of raid
Verb
  • Residents of a Newark, New Jersey, apartment complex got a startling wakeup call Sunday morning when police in tactical gear, responding to reports of multiple people shot, stormed their building.
    — Andrew Ramos, CBS News, 10 Aug. 2026
  • Eventually, Daemon uses Caraxes to burn down the entrance so that the Blacks can storm the town in search of Ormund and his Rhaenyra’s latest rival, Daeron (Benjamin Evan Ainsworth).
    — Jennifer Maas, Variety, 10 Aug. 2026
Definition of storm
Verb
  • The biggest threat to Ukraine’s cities can strike with little or no warning.
    — Nathan Hodge, CNN Money, 7 Aug. 2026
  • The two countries struck a memorandum of understanding in June aimed at halting the conflict, restoring shipping traffic, launching negotiations over Iran's nuclear program and eventually loosening sanctions on Iran.
    — Joe Walsh, CBS News, 7 Aug. 2026
Definition of strike
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  • The October break-ins at the museum happened less than a week before the Louvre was robbed of the country’s crown jewels on October 19th, in a brazen heist that led to the eventual ousting of Louvre president Laurence des Cars.
    — Devorah Lauter, ARTnews.com, 7 Aug. 2026
  • The hypothesis was that one of the men — linked to organized crime groups that robbed wealthy homes — attempted to rob the Percy home and Valerie had woken up.
    — Virginia Chamlee, PEOPLE, 7 Aug. 2026
Definition of rob
Verb
  • Whatever subtext is there bubbles to the surface in the next scene, when Bret is ambushed by Debbie’s mother, Liz (Evan Rachel Wood), who is too sloshed to bite her tongue and starts asking after her husband.
    — Louis Peitzman, Vulture, 6 Aug. 2026
  • In November, a gunman ambushed National Guard troops just blocks from the White House.
    — Steven Beynon, ABC News, 4 Aug. 2026
Definition of ambush

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“Sic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sic. Accessed 13 Aug. 2026.

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