agreeing &c.v.; in accord &c. n.;
harmonious, united, cemented; banded together &c. 712; allied; friendly &c. 888; fraternal; conciliatory; at one with; of one mind &c. (assent) 488.
     at peace, in still water; tranquil &c. (pacific) 721. 
     Adv. with one voice &c. (assent) 488; in concert with, hand in hand;
on one’s side. 
     Phr. commune periculum concordiam parit[Lat][obs3].

     #715.  Defiance. —­ N. defiance; daring &. v.; dare; challenge,
cartel|!; threat &c. 909; war cry, war whoop.
     chest-beating, chest-thumping; saber rattling. 
     V. defy, dare, beard; brave &c. (courage) 861; bid defiance to; set at
defiance, set at naught; hurl defiance at; dance the war dance, beat the war drums; snap the fingers at, laugh to scorn; disobey &c. 742.
     show fight, show one’s teeth, show a bold front; bluster, look big,
stand akimbo, beat one’s chest; double the fist, shake the fist; threaten &c. 909.
     challenge, call out; throw down the gauntlet, fling down the gauntlet,
fling down the gage, fling down the glove, throw down the glove. 
     Adj. defiant; defying &c. v.;"with arms akimbo”. 
     Adv. in defiance of, in the teeth of; under one’s very nose. 
     Int. do your worst! come if you dare! come on! marry come up! hoity
toity|! 
     Phr. noli me tangere[Lat]; nemo me impune lacessit[Lat]; don’t tread
on me; don’t you dare; don’t even think of it; “Go ahead, make my day!” [Dirty Harry].

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     #716.  Attack. —­ N. attack; assault, assault and battery; onset,
onslaught, charge.
     aggression, offense; incursion, inroad, invasion; irruption; outbreak;
estrapade[obs3], ruade[obs3]; coupe de main, sally, sortie, camisade[obs3], raid, foray; run at, run against; dead set at.
     storm, storming; boarding, escalade[obs3]; siege, investment,
obsession|!, bombardment, cannonade.
     fire, volley; platoon fire, file fire; fusillade; sharpshooting,
broadside; raking fire, cross fire; volley of grapeshot, whiff of the grape, feu d’enfer [Fr].
     cut, thrust, lunge, pass, passado[obs3], carte and tierce[Fr][obs3],
home thrust; coupe de bec[Fr]; kick, punch &c. (impulse) 276.
     battue[obs3], razzia[obs3], Jacquerie, dragonnade[obs3]; devastation
&c. 162; eboulement[Fr].
     assailant, aggressor, invader.
     base of operations, point of attack; echelon. 
     V. attack, assault, assail; invade; set upon, fall upon; charge,
impugn, break a lance with, enter the lists.
     assume the offensive, take the offensive; be the aggressor, become the
aggressor; strike the first blow, draw first blood, throw the first stone at; lift a hand against, draw the sword against; take up the cudgels; advance against, march against; march upon, harry; come on, show fight.
     strike at, poke at, thrust at; aim a blow at, deal a blow at; give one