SET UPON as VERB

1. Meaning
   • assail or attack on all sides: “The zebra was beset by leopards”
   Synonym(s)
   • beset (what does beset mean?)
   Hypernyms(s) set upon is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • assail (what does assail mean?)
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   • attack (what does attack mean?)