Blast
Set upon
Set upon verb - Assail or attack on all sides: "The zebra was beset by leopards".
Blast and set upon are semantically related in attack topic. Sometimes you can use "Blast" instead a verb "Set upon", if it concerns topics such as assault physically.
Both terms in one sentence
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He was set upon by nagas, but fought through them, then survived a manabomb, was stabbed twice, took a blast of fire dead-on, released his seed to be taken over by the demon, and had his head sliced open by Kiel'ndia's chain weapon.
Source: Rasputinian Death
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