Violence was relentlessly visited upon innocent victims.
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visit upon — phrasal verb visit on or visit upon [transitive, usually passive] Word forms visit on : present tense I/you/we/they visit on he/she/it visits on present participle visiting on past tense visited on past participle visited on mainly literary visit … English dictionary
visit upon — Synonyms and related words: bring, bring to account, bring to book, bring upon, call to account, castigate, chasten, chastise, correct, deal with, discipline, do to, inflict, inflict upon, masthead, penalize, pillory, punish, settle with, square… … Moby Thesaurus
visit on — ˈvisit on ˈvisit upon [transitive] usually passive [present tense I/you/we/they visit on he/she/it visits on present participle visiting on past tense … Useful english dictionary
visit on — phrasal verb visit on or visit upon [transitive, usually passive] Word forms visit on : present tense I/you/we/they visit on he/she/it visits on present participle visiting on past tense visited on past participle visited on mainly literary visit … English dictionary
visit — n Visit, visitation, call are comparable when they mean a coming to stay with another, usually for a brief time, as a courtesy, an act of friendship, or a business or professional diity. Visit applies not only to such a stay with another {pay a… … New Dictionary of Synonyms
visit on/upon — [phrasal verb] visit (something) on/upon (someone) formal + old fashioned : to punish (someone) with (something) The Lord visited a plague upon the city. ◇ The saying the sins of the fathers are visited upon the children means that children often … Useful english dictionary
visit — [n] social call upon another appointment, call, evening, holiday, interview, sojourn, stay, stop, stopover, talk, tarriance, vacation, visitation, weekend; concepts 226,227 visit [v1] be a guest of call, call on, chat, come around, come by,… … New thesaurus
visit — [viz′it] vt. [ME visiten < OFr visiter < L visitare, freq. < visere, to go to see < visus: see VISION] 1. to go or come to see (someone) out of friendship or for social reasons 2. to stay with as a guest for a time 3. to go or come to … English World dictionary
Visit — Vis it, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Visited}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Visiting}.] [F. visiter, L. visitare, fr. visere to go to see, to visit, fr. videre, visum to see. See {Vision.}] [1913 Webster] 1. To go or come to see, as for the purpose of friendship,… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
visit something upon somebody — ˈvisit sth on/upon sb/sth derived (old use) to punish sb/sth • The sins of the fathers are visited upon the children (= children are blamed or suffer for what their parents have done). Main entry: ↑visitderived … Useful english dictionary
