Synonyms and related words :
admiration, amaze, amazement, ambush, assail, assault, astonish, astonishment, astound, astoundment, attack, awe, awestrike, bedaze, bedazzle, beguilement, bewilder, bewilderment, blitz, blockbuster, blow, boggle, bomb, bombshell, bowl down, bowl over, breathless wonder, bushwhack, capture, catch, catch off-guard, catch unawares, come at, come down on, come from behind, come upon unexpectedly, confound, crack down on, daze, dazzle, descend on, descend upon, discomfit, disconcert, discover, dismay, do the unexpected, drop in on, dumbfound, dumbfounder, dumbfoundment, earthshaker, eye-opener, fall on, fall upon, fascination, faze, flabbergast, floor, gang up on, go at, go for, grab, grasp, harry, have at, hit, hit like lightning, incredulity, joker, jolt, jump, kicker, land on, lay at, lay for, lay hands on, lay into, light into, marvel, marveling, mug, nonplus, overwhelm, paralyze, peripeteia, perplex, petrify, pitch into, pounce upon, pound, pull up short, puzzlement, rattle, revelation, rock, sail into, seize, sense of mystery, sense of wonder, set on, set upon, shock, shocker, sneak attack, spring a surprise, spring upon, stagger, staggerer, startle, startler, strike, strike dead, strike dumb, strike with wonder, stun, stupefaction, stupefy, surprisal, surprise attack, surprise ending, surprise package, surprise party, swan, switch, swoop down on, take, take aback, take by surprise, take short, take the offensive, take unawares, thunderbolt, thunderclap, wade into, waylay, wonder, wonderment