Picador: 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…

A red star of the first magnitude, situated in the eye of Taurus; the Bull's Eye. It is the bright star in the group called the Hyades.

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 make an assault upon, as by a sudden rush of armed men; to attack with unlawful or insulting physical violence or menaces.

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

the action of an armed force that surrounds a fortified place and isolates it while continuing to attack

One who receives anything as a gift; one who receives a benefit or advantage; esp. one who receives help or income from an educational…

the action of an armed force that surrounds a fortified place and isolates it while continuing to attack

The act of rending, or attempting to rend, heavy masses of rock, earth, etc., by the explosion of gunpowder, dynamite, etc.; also, the…

To endeavor to raise the market price of; as, to bull railroad bonds; to bull stocks; to bull Lake Shore; to endeavor to raise prices…

See Bullfight.

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,…

The act of drawing the attention and force of an enemy from the point where the principal attack is to be made; the attack, alarm, or…

A sudden and violent attack of a disorder; a stroke of disease, as of epilepsy or apoplexy, which produces convulsions or unconsciousn…

The side of an army, or of any division of an army, as of a brigade, regiment, or battalion; the extreme right or left; as, to attack…

To let the foot slip from a ball, when attempting to give a tight croquet.

an initial accomplishment that opens the way for further developments; "the town became a beachhead in the campaign to ban smoking out…