set upon, pounce upon, descend upon, fall on; light into, Inf. lace into, Inf rip into, Inf tear into, SI. zap, SI. lay into.
3. assail, vituperate, revile, rail against, inveigh against, lash, abuse, belabor, Inf. jump down [s.o.'s] throat, Archaic, clapperclaw. bombardment, n. strafing, air raid, peppering, salvo, fusillade, Navy, broadside, Both Mil. barrage, enfilade; assault, offensive, onslaught; rush, blitz, blitzkrieg, storming, Fr. coup de main, Obs. brunt; battle, combat, Mil. skirmish; raid, foray, sortie, sally; invasion, aggression, incursion, escalade. bombast, n. grandiosity, rodomontade, pomposity, magniloquence, grandiloquence; tumidity, turgidity, flatulence, Archaic, tympany; extravagance, rant, highflown language, sesquipedality; bravado, braggadocio, gasconade. bombastic, adj. 1. pompous, orotund, fustian, haughty, pretentious, ostentatious, flaunting, bom-bastical; grandiose, magniloquent, grandiloquent, Johnsonian, Ossianic, sonorous, sesquipedalian; high-sounding, high-flown, lofty, Inf. highfalutin, Inf. high-hat; inflated, swollen, bloated; flatulent, turgid, plethoric; impressive, euphuistic, periphrastic; extravagant, ranting, mouthy, declamatory; flamboyant, flashy, ornate, ornamental, showy, flowery, florid.
2. affected, mannered, studied, worked-on, acquired, assumed, adopted, put on; Inf. la-di-da; Inf. too-too. bonanza, n. windfall, godsend, piece or stroke of luck, luck; find, discovery, lore, treasure-trove; boon, blessing, bonus. bonbon, n. candy, fondant, confection, confectionery, sweet, sweetmeat, comfit, sugarplum, sugar-candy; chocolate, caramel, toffee, mint, peppermint, taffy, nougat, lollipop. bond, n. 1. tie, ligament, link, connection, nexus; band, binding, strap, belt; cord, cordon, braid, thong; restraint, constraint, check, control, reins; chains, fetters, shackles, trammels, manacles, handcuffs, harness, yoke.
2. agreement, compact, contract, promise, word, pledge; convenant, treaty, concordat, cartel, pact; transaction, Inf. deal, bargain; stipulation, arrangement, acknowledgment; guarantee, guaranty, warranty, surety.
-v. 3. connect, bind, hold together. See bind. bondage, n. slavery, enslavement, enthrallment, thralldom, captivity; prison, imprisonment, confinement, durance, duress; servitude, serfdom, vassalage, villeinage, indentureship, indention; oppression, repression, subjugation, subjection, subordination, control, restraint. bone, n. 1. ossicle, skeletal structure, cartilage, marrow, Biochem. ossein.
2. horn, ivory, tusk, whalebone, Dentistry, dentin, Zool. baleen. bonus, n. 1. reward, award, prize, gift, present, handsel, endowment, bestowal, largess, handout, SI. freebie; dividend, extra, plus, surplus, gain, fringe benefit, perquisite, Inf. perk; compensation, recompense, remuneration, emolument, repayment payoff; gratuity, tip, douceur, honorarium, (in Chinese ports) cumshaw, (in India, Turkey, etc.) baksheesh, Fr. pourboire.
2. premium, bounty, inducement, encouragement, stimulation; bribe, bait, payment, Inf. payola, SI. palm greaser. book, n. 1. opus, opuscule, work, tome, tract, treatise; publication, volume, writing, title.
2. notebook, looseleaf, pad, scratch pad; log, ledger, blotter, account book, day book; diary, journal.