jump (on)

verb

Definition of jump (on)next
1
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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2
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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Recent Examples of Synonyms for jump (on)
  1. assault
  2. attack
  3. raid
  4. scold
  5. slam
  6. storm
  7. strike
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  • He was arrested in Savannah and is charged with felony counts of assaulting, resisting, or impeding certain officers, and obstruction of law enforcement, the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Washington, D.C., said in a statement.
    Phil Helsel, NBC News, 15 Nov. 2024
  • According to reports, Buckshot was assaulted last Thursday (Oct. 31), in the Flatbush section of Brooklyn.
    Preezy Brown, VIBE.com, 5 Nov. 2024
Definition of assault
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  • Just two years prior, the NFL team had shelled out more than $1.4 million trying to get Becker elected mayor, and another roughly $1 million attacking Mayor Lisa Gillmor.
    Grace Hase, The Mercury News, 13 Nov. 2024
  • An investigation from DePaul University and the Chicago Police Department is underway after two Jewish students who were visibly showing their support for Israel were attacked on the university’s Lincoln Park campus.
    NBC Chicago, NBC News, 7 Nov. 2024
Definition of attack
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  • And in what many consider the final blow to her mayoral career, Thao’s home was raided by FBI agents in July.
    Kimmy Yam, NBC News, 13 Nov. 2024
  • Kamal Adwan Hospital was raided by Israeli forces last month over allegations, denied by Palestinian officials, that militants were sheltering there.
    Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2024
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  • Still, watching Hannah scold him about everything, from 401(k)s to boiling water to phone bills, from ordering him to walk a dog that doesn’t belong to him to telling him that riding hotel pool furniture would give her the ick, was painful.
    Alex Abad-Santos, Vox, 31 Oct. 2024
  • Dolores returns to scold her grandson for badmouthing her during the show’s Día de los Muertos episode, which airs on NBC on Friday, Oct. 25.
    Brendan Le, People.com, 25 Oct. 2024
Definition of scold
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  • Police Benefit Association President Patrick Hendry also slammed the criminal justice system during the news conference and said NYPD officers are tired of being assaulted.
    Christina Shaw, Fox News, 20 Nov. 2024
  • Gusts up to 60 mph slammed western Oregon and Northern California endured gusts up to 80 mph.
    Mary Gilbert, CNN, 20 Nov. 2024
Definition of slam
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  • As Horowitz has argued, Ives is really an American counterpart to Mahler, who stormed toward the future while mourning the past.
    Alex Ross, The New Yorker, 4 Nov. 2024
  • The measures come nearly four years after former President Donald Trump's refusal to accept the 2020 election results led a mob of his supporters to storm the U.S. Capitol in a violent bid to stop the certification of President Joe Biden's victory.
    David Faris, Newsweek, 4 Nov. 2024
Definition of storm
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  • Alwan’s brother Dany, who lives next door, was home when the missile struck.
    Rania Abouzeid, The New Yorker, 21 Nov. 2024
  • Production was also held up due to last year’s SAG-AFTRA and WGA strikes.
    Michaela Zee, Variety, 21 Nov. 2024
Definition of strike
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