sicked

Urged to attack

Sicked is the past tense of sick, meaning to urge an animal (usually a dog) to attack or chase: She sicked the dogs on the intruder.

The spelling "sicced" is also common.

Unrelated to the adjective sick meaning ill.

command

unleash

To release from restraint

direct · order · set upon · deploy · loose · target · aim · point · charge · instruct

incite

provoke

Incite a response

rouse · spur · egg on · trigger · inflame · goad · urge · encourage · prompt · activate

vomit

threw up

Ejected stomach contents

  • pukedExpelled stomach contents
  • retchedConvulsed as if vomiting
  • heavedLifted or threw laboriously

gagged · spewed · upchucked · hurled · barfed · regurgitated · nauseous · queasy · stomach · bile

Opposites
incitement to action

sickedcalled off

Stopped before happening

recalled · withdrew · halted · stopped · pulled back

release vs restraint

sickedrestrained

Held under control

leashed · held · confined · penned · caged

restraint vs. release

sickedrestrained

Held under control

held back · leashed · controlled · contained · muzzled

Phrases
Family

sick, sickness, sickly, sickening, sicken, sickened, sickens, sicknesses, sickliness

Familiarity
Top 500,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Negative · Everyday, not technical · Rated PG