Synonyms for fall upon
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Verb
1. Attack
attack, come down on, hit, meet, meet with, come across, come upon, hit upon, light upon, chance on, strike, assault, happen upon, encounter, discover, stumble on, attain, assail
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- v. 1
To experience; to suffer.
With the rise of the Internet, some media fell upon hard times.
Example sentences
- hit Even after it was hit, the pole was still upright.
- meet Did you meet many interesting people at the party?
- attack The fortress was secure from every kind of attack.
By length
- 3 letters
- hit1
- 4 letters
- meet1
- 6 letters
- attack2, strike1, attain2, assail2
- 7 letters
- assault2
- 8 letters
- discover3
- 9 letters
- encounter3
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (attack2 = 2 syllables).