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Attack Definition And Meaning |
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What's The Definition Of Attack?
[n] a decisive manner of beginning a musical tone or phrase
[n] an offensive move in a sport or game; "they won the game with a 10-hit attack in the 9th inning" [n] the act of attacking; "attacks on women increased last year"; "they made an attempt on his life" [n] ideas or actions intended to deal with a problem or situation; "his approach to every problem is to draw up a list of pros and cons"; "an attack on inflation"; "his plan of attack was misguided" [n] an offensive against and enemy (using weapons); "the attack began at dawn" [n] strong criticism; "he published an unexpected attack on my work" [n] intense adverse criticism; "Clinton directed his fire at the Republican Party"; "the government has come under attack"; "don't give me any flak" [n] 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" [n] a sudden occurrence of an uncontrollable condition; "an attack of diarrhea" [v] begin to injure; "The cancer cells are attacking his liver"; "Rust is attacking the metal" [v] set to work upon; turn one's energies vigorously to a task; "I attacked the problem as soon as I got out of bed" [v] attack verbally, in speech or writing; "The editors of the left-leaning paper attacked the new House Speaker" [v] take the initiative and go on the offensive; "The Serbs attacked the village at night"; "The visiting team started to attack" [v] launch an attack or assault on; begin hostilities with, as in warfare; "Hitler attacked Poland on September 1, 1939 and started World War II"; "Serbian forces assailed Bosnian towns all week" [v] attack someone physically or emotionally; "The mugger assaulted the woman"; "Nightmares assailed him regularly" Synonyms | Synonyms for Attack: aggress | approach | assail | assault | assault | attempt | blast | fire | flack | flak | lash out | onrush | onset | onslaught | plan of attack | round | set on | snipe | tone-beginning Related Terms | Find terms related to Attack: abdominal epilepsy | abuse | 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fall upon | falling sickness | fashion | fay | fever | fight | fighting | figuring | fit | focal epilepsy | foray | forcible seizure | foresight | forethought | form | frenzy | furor | fury | fustigate | game | gang up on | get busy | get cracking | get going | get under way | get with it | go about | go at | go for | go in for | go into | go on | go to it | go upon | grand mal | graphing | grip | ground plan | guidelines | guise | hammer | harass | hard words | harry | haute mal | have at | hit | hit like lightning | hop to it | hostilities | hot war | hysterical epilepsy | ictus | idea | implicate | implication | impugn | impugnment | incriminate | incrimination | inculpate | inculpation | incursion | infect | inroad | intention | invade | invasion | invective | inveigh against | invest | involve | involvement | irrupt | Jacksonian epilepsy | jawing | jeremiad | jingoism | jump | jump to it | killing | la guerre | land on | larval epilepsy | laryngeal epilepsy | laryngospasm | lash | latent epilepsy | launch forth | launch into | lay about | lay about one | lay at | lay hands on | lay into | lay on | lay waste | laying waste | layout | levy war on | light into | line | line of action | lines | lineup | lockjaw | long-range plan | loot | looting | make war on | malign | manner | manner of working | mapping | massacre | master plan | matutinal epilepsy | maul | means | menstrual epilepsy | method | methodology | might of arms | militarization | military operations | MO | mobilization | mode | mode of operation | mode of procedure | modus operandi | move into | mug | murderous insanity | musicogenic epilepsy | muster | myoclonous epilepsy | nocturnal epilepsy | obstreperousness | occlusion | offense | offensive | onset | onslaught | open hostilities | open war | operations research | order | organization | orgasm | outbreak | paroxysm | petit mal | philippic | phonation | physiologic epilepsy | pillage | pillaging | pitch in | pitch into | plan | planning | planning function | plunge into | pounce upon | pound | practice | prearrangement | press | procedure | proceed to | proceeding | process | program | program of action | pronunciation | psychic epilepsy | psychokinesia | psychomotor epilepsy | pugnacity | push | rage | raid | ramp | rampage | rant | rape | rating | rationalization | rave | reflex epilepsy | resort to arms | revile | revilement | riot | rioting | roar | roast | Rolandic epilepsy | rotatoria | routine | ruin | rush | sack | sacking | sail into | sally | savage | scarify | scathe | schedule | schema | schematism | schematization | scheme | scheme of arrangement | scorch | screed | seize | seizure | sensory epilepsy | serial epilepsy | set about | set at | set forward | set going | set on | set to | set to work | set upon | setup | sexual climax | shooting war | siege | skin alive | slash | slaughter | sortie | sow chaos | sowing with salt | spasm | spell | square up | start | start in | state of war | stoppage | storm | strategic plan | strategy | strike | strike at | stroke | style | surprise | swoop down on | system | systematization | tack | tackle | tactical plan | tactics | take on | take the offensive | take up | tardy epilepsy | tear | tear around | technique | terrorize | tetanus | tetany | the big picture | the drill | the how | the picture | the sword | the way of | throes | thromboembolism | thrombosis | tirade | tone | tongue-lashing | tonic epilepsy | tonic spasm | torsion spasm | total war | traumatic epilepsy | trismus | trounce | turn | turn on | turn to | ucinate epilepsy | undertake | unruliness | utterance | vandalize | venture upon | vilification | vilify | violate | violation | visitation | vituperation | vocalization | voicing | wade into | war | warfare | warmaking | warmongering | warring | wartime | waste | wasting | way | wise | working plan | wreck See Also | abuse | act | affect | affliction | anxiety attack | apoplexy | aspersion | assault | avenue | bait | banzai attack | banzai charge | barrage | begin | beginning | beleaguer | beset | besiege | blackguard | blister | blitz | blitz | bomb | bombard | bombardment | bombing | bulldog | bust | calumny | cannonade | cerebrovascular accident | charge | check | circumvent | clapperclaw | claw | commence | commencement | conceptualisation | conceptualization | counterattack | counterattack | countermove | counterstrike | coup de main | crime | criticise | criticism | criticism | criticize | CVA | defamation | degeneration | denigration | desecrate | devolution | dishonor | dishonour | diversion | diversionary attack | fight | fire | firing | fit | fork | formulation | gas | get | ground attack | heart attack | hem in | hit | hysterics | ictus | incursion | invade | jump | law-breaking | military operation | molest | move | occlusion | occupy | operation | outrage | paroxysm | pelt | penetration | pepper | pick apart | pin | play | profane | raid | rape | raptus | ravish | reassail | rip | rubbish | rush | savage | seizure | set | set about | set out | set upon | shout | sic | slander | spot | start | start | start out | storm | strike | strike | stroke | struggle | submarine | surprise | surprise attack | surround | tackle | torpedo | touch | turn | unfavorable judgment | unfavorable judgment | violate | vitriol | whang | whip Attack In Webster's Dictionary \At*tack"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Attacked}; p. pr. & vb.
n. {Attacking}.] [F. attaquer, orig. another form of attacher
to attack: cf. It. attacare to fasten, attack. See {Attach},
{Tack} a small nail.]
1. To fall upon with force; to assail, as with force and
arms; to assault. ``Attack their lines.'' --Dryden.
2. To assail with unfriendly speech or writing; to begin a
controversy with; to attempt to overthrow or bring into
disrepute, by criticism or satire; to censure; as, to
attack a man, or his opinions, in a pamphlet.
3. To set to work upon, as upon a task or problem, or some
object of labor or investigation.
4. To begin to affect; to begin to act upon, injuriously or
destructively; to begin to decompose or waste.
On the fourth of March he was attacked by fever.
--Macaulay.
Hydrofluoric acid . . . attacks the glass. --B.
Stewart.
Syn: To {Attack}, {Assail}, {Assault}, {Invade}.
Usage: These words all denote a violent onset; attack being
the generic term, and the others specific forms of
attack. To attack is to commence the onset; to assail
is to make a sudden and violent attack, or to make
repeated attacks; to assault (literally, to leap upon)
is to attack physically by a had-to-hand approach or
by unlawful and insulting violence; to invade is to
enter by force on what belongs to another. Thus, a
person may attack by offering violence of any kind; he
may assail by means of missile weapons; he may assault
by direct personal violence; a king may invade by
marching an army into a country. Figuratively, we may
say, men attack with argument or satire; they assail
with abuse or reproaches; they may be assaulted by
severe temptations; the rights of the people may be
invaded by the encroachments of the crown.
\At*tack"\, v. i. To make an onset or attack. \At*tack"\, n. [Cf. F. attaque.] 1. The act of attacking, or falling on with force or violence; an onset; an assault; -- opposed to defense. 2. An assault upon one's feelings or reputation with unfriendly or bitter words. 3. A setting to work upon some task, etc. 4. An access of disease; a fit of sickness. 5. The beginning of corrosive, decomposing, or destructive action, by a chemical agent. |
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