Attack
//əˈtæk//
Word Type
Noun
Verb
Adjective
The word "attack" can be used as noun, verb and adjective.
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Opposites (Antonyms)
Causes Desire
Derived Terms
angle of attack attack ad attack aircraft attack au fer attack dog attack helicopter attack is the best form of defence attack is the best form of defense attack page attack plan attack rate attack surface attack therapy attack time attack timing attack vector attackable attackable attackee attacking midfielder attacking zone attacklike attackman attackworthy complement membrane attack complex line of attack maximum attack membrane attack complex nonattack nonattackable open the attack personally attack plan of attack reattack the best defence is attack unattackable unattackable unattacked
Broader Terms (Hypernyms)
act affect affliction begin beginning commence commencement conceptualisation conceptualization contend crime criminal offence criminal offense criticise criticism criticize degeneration devolution fight formulation get get down knock law-breaking military operation move operation pick apart play set about set out start start start out struggle turn unfavorable judgment
Narrower Terms (Hyponyms)
Adams-Stokes attack Byzantine attack Coppersmith's attack Grob's attack Stokes-Adams attack Sybil attack TOAD attack X-ray attack acid attack ambush arson attack asthma attack asthmatic attack billion laughs attack bio-attack bioattack birthday attack bomb chosen-ciphertext attack chosen-plaintext attack ciphertext-only attack cold boot attack collision attack compound attack copy attack counter-attack cryptanalytic attack cryptographic attack cut cyber-attack cyberattack defame dictionary attack discovered attack drop attack ember attack evil maid attack false attack fraggle attack goal attack heart attack helitack jump known-plaintext attack man-in-the-middle attack multiattack panic attack personal attack pincer attack poisoning attack postattack pounce preattack preimage attack punch down real-time attack replay attack revile salami attack score attack second preimage attack second-preimage attack sex attack shark attack shatter attack shoot smudge attack smurf attack spack attack spaz attack spike attack stab subattack suicide attack supply chain attack surprisal time attack time-attack transient ischaemic attack transient ischemic attack watering hole attack wing attack
Type Of (IsA)
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Related Terms
accelerate accosting action activity after against against someone aggression aggressive aggressive action aggressive activity aggressive maneuver aggressive move aim ambush amount apply army army action army aggression assault attackmen attempt attempt hurt audio bat batsman battle battle action battle command begin begin fight block bowl bowler by sharks campaign challenge charge collectively command condition confront confrontation credibility cricket damage deal with death defend defense design detract disease dog eleven emotional event field fight fight offence fighting fighting move force go go after goodbye harbor hit hit someone hitting hitting someone hurt injury invasion jump jump on kill maneuver manner massacre move mug mug fight nine nine eleven offence offense offensive offensive strike offensive war on offensive onset onslaught pain pearl pearl harbor physical physical violence physically physically hurt plane purposely purposely hurt put put together quick raging raging army raid raid surprise rider run sad score serve set shark sharks side signal skirmish snare someone strategy strike surprise tactic tees terrorists together two two tees verbal violence violent volume wage wage war war war action war campaign war event war maneuver war move war strategy war tactic wars wash wicket worth
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Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.