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Quick definitions from WordNet (attack)
▸ noun: a decisive manner of beginning a musical tone or phrase
▸ noun: an offensive move in a sport or game ("They won the game with a 10-hit attack in the 9th inning")
▸ noun: the act of attacking ("Attacks on women increased last year")
▸ noun: (military) an offensive against an enemy (using weapons) ("The attack began at dawn")
▸ noun: strong criticism ("He published an unexpected attack on my work")
▸ noun: the onset of a corrosive or destructive process (as by a chemical agent) ("The film was sensitive to attack by acids")
▸ noun: a sudden occurrence of an uncontrollable condition ("An attack of diarrhea")
▸ noun: ideas or actions intended to deal with a problem or situation ("An attack on inflation")
▸ noun: intense adverse criticism ("The government has come under attack")
▸ verb: begin to injure ("The cancer cells are attacking his liver")
▸ 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")
▸ verb: attack in speech or writing ("The editors of the left-leaning paper attacked the new House Speaker")
▸ verb: take the initiative and go on the offensive ("The Serbs attacked the village at night")
▸ 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")
▸ verb: attack someone physically or emotionally
▸ Also see attacks
▸ Word origin
▸ Words similar to attack
▸ Usage examples for attack
▸ Idioms related to attack (New!)
▸ Popular adjectives describing attack
▸ Words that often appear near attack
▸ Rhymes of attack
▸ Invented words related to attack
▸ noun: a decisive manner of beginning a musical tone or phrase
▸ noun: an offensive move in a sport or game ("They won the game with a 10-hit attack in the 9th inning")
▸ noun: the act of attacking ("Attacks on women increased last year")
▸ noun: (military) an offensive against an enemy (using weapons) ("The attack began at dawn")
▸ noun: strong criticism ("He published an unexpected attack on my work")
▸ noun: the onset of a corrosive or destructive process (as by a chemical agent) ("The film was sensitive to attack by acids")
▸ noun: a sudden occurrence of an uncontrollable condition ("An attack of diarrhea")
▸ noun: ideas or actions intended to deal with a problem or situation ("An attack on inflation")
▸ noun: intense adverse criticism ("The government has come under attack")
▸ verb: begin to injure ("The cancer cells are attacking his liver")
▸ 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")
▸ verb: attack in speech or writing ("The editors of the left-leaning paper attacked the new House Speaker")
▸ verb: take the initiative and go on the offensive ("The Serbs attacked the village at night")
▸ 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")
▸ verb: attack someone physically or emotionally
▸ Also see attacks
▸ Word origin
▸ Words similar to attack
▸ Usage examples for attack
▸ Idioms related to attack (New!)
▸ Popular adjectives describing attack
▸ Words that often appear near attack
▸ Rhymes of attack
▸ Invented words related to attack