attack+(noun)

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• attack*/*/*/ — [əˈtæk] verb I 1) [I/T] to use violence against a person or place It was shortly before midnight when the terrorists attacked.[/ex] Two prison officers were brutally attacked with a knife.[/ex] 2) [T] to strongly criticize someone or something… …   Dictionary for writing and speaking English

• ATTACK — (Roget s Thesaurus II) Index attack noun accusation, accuser, aggression, aggressor, ambush, attack, barrage, beat, beating, belittlement …   English dictionary for students

• attack — vb Attack, assail, assault, bombard, storm are comparable not only in their military but also in their extended senses. All carry as their basic meaning to make a more or less violent onset upon. Attack originally connoted a fastening upon… …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

• attack — at·tack n: an attempt to prove something invalid or incorrect esp. through judicial procedures made an attack on the will as not properly witnessed; specif: an attempt to have the judgment of a court corrected or overruled collateral attack: an… …   Law dictionary

• attack — ► VERB 1) take aggressive action against. 2) (of a disease, chemical, etc.) act harmfully on. 3) criticize or oppose fiercely and publicly. 4) begin to deal with (a problem or task) in a determined way. 5) (in sport) attempt to score goals or… …   English terms dictionary

• attack — (v.) c.1600, from Fr. attaquer (16c.), from Florentine Italian attaccare (battaglia) join (battle), thus the word is a doublet of ATTACH (Cf. attach), which was used 15c. 17c. also in the sense now reserved to attack. Related: Attacked; attacking …   Etymology dictionary

• attack dog — noun Date: 1970 1. a dog trained to attack on command or on sight 2. a person noted for harsh, personal, and usually public verbal attacks against others < a political attack dog > …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• attack au fer — noun An attack on the opponents blade, e.g. beat, expulsion, pressure …   Wiktionary

• attack dog — noun a watchdog trained to attack on command • Hypernyms: ↑watchdog, ↑guard dog …   Useful english dictionary

• attack submarine — noun a military submarine designed and armed to attack enemy shipping • Topics: ↑military, ↑armed forces, ↑armed services, ↑military machine, ↑war machine • Hypernyms: ↑submarine, ↑pigboat, ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

• attack plane — noun : a military airplane designed and armed for attacking the enemy s ground forces * * * attack plane, an airplane armed for low flying bombing or strafing attacks …   Useful english dictionary