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Attack
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- 1 Designed or kept for the purpose of confrontation. not-comparable
"attack dog, attack ad"
- 1 An attempt to cause damage, injury to, or death of an opponent or enemy.
"From 1906 to 1960, there were forty-six recorded shark attacks, half of which were fatal."
- 2 a decisive manner of beginning a musical tone or phrase wordnet
- 3 An attempt to cause damage, injury to, or death of an opponent or enemy.; Any of several specific maneuvers, skills, or special abilities that a character can use to inflict damage against opponents.
"Combat in Mimesis Online is nice and simple. You click on your target […] and then keep right-clicking your chosen attack from the drop down menu. Every time you right click on the attack, your character will swing, shoot, etc."
- 4 an offensive move in a sport or game wordnet
- 5 An attempt to detract from the worth or credibility of, a person, position, idea, object, or thing, by physical, verbal, emotional, or other assault.
"“I came down like a wolf on the fold, didn’t I ? Why didn’t I telephone ? Strategy, my dear boy, strategy. This is a surprise attack, and I’d no wish that the garrison, forewarned, should escape. …”"
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- 6 the act of attacking wordnet
- 7 A time in which one attacks; the offence of a battle.
"The army timed their attack to coincide with the local celebrations."
- 8 ideas or actions intended to deal with a problem or situation wordnet
- 9 The beginning of active operations on anything. broadly, informal
"Having washed the plates from dinner, I made an attack on the laundry."
- 10 (military) an offensive against an enemy (using weapons) wordnet
- 11 An attempt to exploit a vulnerability in a computer system.
"birthday attack; denial-of-service attack"
- 12 strong criticism wordnet
- 13 Collectively, the bowlers of a cricket side.
- 14 intense adverse criticism wordnet
- 15 Any contact with the ball other than a serve or block which sends the ball across the plane of the net.
- 16 the onset of a corrosive or destructive process (as by a chemical agent) wordnet
- 17 The three attackmen on the field or all the attackmen of a team.
- 18 a sudden occurrence of an uncontrollable condition wordnet
- 19 The sudden onset of a disease or condition.
"I've had an attack of the flu."
- 20 An active episode of a chronic or recurrent disease.
- 21 The onset of a musical note, particularly with respect to the strength (and duration) of that onset.
"Eric Reed was a curious choice as pianist, since his busy Petersonian attack is the antithesis of Lewis's, but he acquitted himself with panache, […]"
- 22 The amount of time taken for the volume of an audio signal to go from zero to maximum level (e.g. an audio waveform representing a snare drum hit would feature a very fast attack, whereas that of a wave washing to shore would feature a slow attack).
- 23 The initial sensory impact of a wine.
- 24 Short for heart attack. India, South, abbreviation, alt-of
- 1 To apply violent force to someone or something. transitive
"This species of snake will only attack humans if it feels threatened."
- 2 begin to injure wordnet
- 3 To aggressively challenge a person, idea, etc., with words (particularly in newspaper headlines, because it typesets into less space than "criticize" or similar). transitive
"She published an article attacking the recent pay cuts."
- 4 set to work upon; turn one's energies vigorously to a task wordnet
- 5 To begin to affect; to act upon injuriously or destructively; to begin to decompose or waste. transitive
"On the fourth of March he was attacked by fever."
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- 6 attack in speech or writing wordnet
- 7 To deal with something in a direct way; to set to work upon. transitive
"We’ll have dinner before we attack the biology homework."
- 8 take the initiative and go on the offensive wordnet
- 9 To aim balls at the batsman’s wicket. transitive
- 10 launch an attack or assault on; begin hostilities or start warfare with wordnet
- 11 To set a field, or bowl in a manner designed to get wickets. intransitive
- 12 attack someone physically or emotionally wordnet
- 13 To bat aggressively, so as to score runs quickly. intransitive
- 14 To move forward in an active attempt to score a point, as opposed to trying not to concede.
"Six successive defeats had left them rooted to the bottom of the Premier League table but, clearly under instructions to attack from the outset, Bolton started far the brighter."
- 15 To accelerate quickly in an attempt to get ahead of the other riders.
- 16 (Of a chemical species) To approach a chemical species or bond in order to form a bond with it. physical
Etymology
Borrowed from French attaque, derived from the verb attaquer, from Italian attaccare (“to join, attach”) (used in attaccare battaglia (“to join battle”)), from Frankish *stakkijan (“to stick, stick to, attach”). Doublet of attach. Displaced native Middle English onresen, from Old English onrǣsan (“to attack”); and Middle English resinge (“an assault, attack”) (compare Old English onrǣs (“an attack”)).
Borrowed from French attaque, derived from the verb attaquer, from Italian attaccare (“to join, attach”) (used in attaccare battaglia (“to join battle”)), from Frankish *stakkijan (“to stick, stick to, attach”). Doublet of attach. Displaced native Middle English onresen, from Old English onrǣsan (“to attack”); and Middle English resinge (“an assault, attack”) (compare Old English onrǣs (“an attack”)).
Borrowed from French attaque, derived from the verb attaquer, from Italian attaccare (“to join, attach”) (used in attaccare battaglia (“to join battle”)), from Frankish *stakkijan (“to stick, stick to, attach”). Doublet of attach. Displaced native Middle English onresen, from Old English onrǣsan (“to attack”); and Middle English resinge (“an assault, attack”) (compare Old English onrǣs (“an attack”)).
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