Arest: alternatives and connections

The first attack, or act of hostility; the first act of injury, or first act leading to a war or a controversy; unprovoked attack; ass…

The pointing of a weapon, as a gun, a dart, or an arrow, in the line of direction with the object intended to be struck; the line of f…

An alarm from a real or threatened attack; a sudden attack; also, a bugle sound to give warning.

To attack morally, or with a view to produce changes in the feelings, character, conduct, existing usages, institutions; to attack by…

To attack with moral means, or with a view of producing moral effects; to attack by words, arguments, or unfriendly measures; to assai…

A spear used by tribes in South Africa as a missile and for stabbing, a kind of light javelin.

the onset of a corrosive or destructive process (as by a chemical agent); "the film was sensitive to attack by acids"; "open to attack…

To attack; to make an effort or attack upon; to try to take by force; as, to attempt the enemy's camp.

To thrust forward (at a venture), as a spear.

A kind of flag attached to a spear or pike by a crosspiece, and used by a chief as his standard in battle.

To furnish with barbs, or with that which will hold or hurt like barbs, as an arrow, fishhook, spear, etc.

The bottom of anything, considered as its support, or that on which something rests for support; the foundation; as, the base of a sta…

A ring of iron on a lance or spear. See Burr, n., 4.

The act of rushing upon, or towards, an enemy; a sudden onset or attack, as of troops, esp. cavalry; hence, the signal for attack; as,…

To ascend or creep upward by twining about a support, or by attaching itself by tendrils, rootlets, etc., to a support or upright surf…

The iron head of a tilting spear, divided into two, three, or four blunt points.

The iron head of a tilting spear; a coronel.

The iron head of a tilting spear.