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attack
/ə'tæk/
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Definitions of attack
  1. noun
    ideas or actions intended to deal with a problem or situation
    "an attack on inflation" "his plan of attack was misguided"

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    approach plan of attack
  2. verb
    attack in speech or writing
    "The editors of the left-leaning paper attacked the new House Speaker"

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    assail assault lash out round snipe
  3. noun
    (military) an offensive against an enemy (using weapons)
    "the attack began at dawn"

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    onrush onset onslaught
  4. verb
    take the initiative and go on the offensive
    "The Serbs attacked the village at night" "The visiting team started to attack"

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    aggress
    type of:
    act move
  5. noun
    a decisive manner of beginning a musical tone or phrase

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    tone-beginning
  6. noun
    intense adverse criticism
    "the government has come under attack"

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    blast fire flack flak
  7. verb
    launch an attack or assault on; begin hostilities or start warfare with
    "Hitler attacked Poland on September 1, 1939 and started World War II"

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    assail
    Opposite:
    defend
  8. verb
    attack someone physically or emotionally

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    assail assault set on
  9. noun
    the act of attacking
    "attacks on women increased last year"

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    attempt
  10. noun
    an offensive move in a sport or game
    "they won the game with a 10-hit attack in the 9th inning"
    type of:
    play turn
  11. noun
    a sudden occurrence of an uncontrollable condition
    "an attack of diarrhea"
    type of:
    affliction
  12. verb
    begin to injure
    "The cancer cells are attacking his liver" "Rust is attacking the metal"
    type of:
    affect
  13. verb
    set to work upon; turn one's energies vigorously to a task
    "I attacked the problem as soon as I got out of bed"
  14. noun
    strong criticism
    "he published an unexpected attack on my work"
  15. noun
    the onset of a corrosive or destructive process (as by a chemical agent)
    "the film was sensitive to attack by acids" "open to attack by the elements"
Examples of attack
  • "an attack on inflation"
  • "his plan of attack was misguided"
  • "The editors of the left-leaning paper attacked the new House Speaker"
  • "the attack began at dawn"
  • "The Serbs attacked the village at night"
  • "The visiting team started to attack"
  • "the government has come under attack"
  • "Hitler attacked Poland on September 1, 1939 and started World War II"
  • "attacks on women increased last year"
  • "they won the game with a 10-hit attack in the 9th inning"
  • "an attack of diarrhea"
  • "The cancer cells are attacking his liver"
  • "Rust is attacking the metal"
  • "I attacked the problem as soon as I got out of bed"
  • "he published an unexpected attack on my work"
  • "the film was sensitive to attack by acids"
  • "open to attack by the elements"
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