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attack in WordNet English dictionary
verb- take the initiative and go on the offensive
"The Serbs attacked the village at night"; "The visiting team started to attack"
attack aggress
- attack in speech or writing
"The editors of the left-leaning paper attacked the new House Speaker"
attack round assail lash out snipe assault
- attack someone physically or emotionally
"The mugger assaulted the woman"; "Nightmares assailed him regularly"
assail assault set on attack
- launch an attack or assault on; begin hostilities or start warfare with
"Hitler attacked Poland on September 1, 1939 and started World War II"; "Serbian forces assailed Bosnian towns all week"
attack assail
- begin to injure
"The cancer cells are attacking his liver"; "Rust is attacking the metal"
attack
- set to work upon; turn one's energies vigorously to a task
"I attacked the problem as soon as I got out of bed"
attack
noun- 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"
approach attack plan of attack
- (military) an offensive against an enemy (using weapons)
"the attack began at dawn"
attack onslaught onset onrush
- a decisive manner of beginning a musical tone or phrase
attack tone-beginning
- the act of attacking
"attacks on women increased last year"; "they made an attempt on his life"
attack attempt
- an offensive move in a sport or game
"they won the game with a 10-hit attack in the 9th inning"
attack
- strong criticism
"he published an unexpected attack on my work"
attack
- intense adverse criticism
"Clinton directed his fire at the Republican Party"; "the government has come under attack"; "don't give me any flak"
fire attack flak flack blast
- 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"
attack
- a sudden occurrence of an uncontrollable condition
"an attack of diarrhea"
attack
WordNet Lexical Database v3.0, © 2006 Princeton University