Definition of attacks Attacks
/ʌtæˈks/ - [utaks] -
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Wiktionary 
- attacks (Noun)
Plural of attack. - attacks (Verb)
Third-person singular simple present of to attack.
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| attack - (military) an offensive against an enemy (using weapons); "the attack began at dawn" | ||
| onslaught, onset, onrush | ||
| military operation, operation the activity of operating something (a machine or business etc.); "her smooth operation of the vehicle gave us a surprisingly comfortable ride" | ||
| armed forces, armed services, military, military machine, war machine the military forces of a nation; "their military is the largest in the region"; "the military machine is the same one we faced in 1991 but now it is weaker" | ||
| ground attack an attack by ground troops | ||
| assault a threatened or attempted physical attack by someone who appears to be able to cause bodily harm if not stopped | ||
| charge an impetuous rush toward someone or something; "the wrestler's charge carried him past his adversary"; "the battle began with a cavalry charge" | ||
| banzai attack, banzai charge a mass attack of troops without concern for casualties; originated by Japanese who accompanied it with yells of `banzai' | ||
| diversionary attack, diversion a turning aside (of your course or attention or concern); "a diversion from the main highway"; "a digression into irrelevant details"; "a deflection from his goal" | ||
| incursion, penetration the act of entering some territory or domain (often in large numbers); "the incursion of television into the American living room" | ||
| blitzkrieg, blitz a swift and violent military offensive with intensive aerial bombardment | ||
| strike (baseball) a pitch that the batter swings at and misses, or that the batter hits into foul territory, or that the batter does not swing at but the umpire judges to be in the area over home plate and between the batter's knees and shoulders; "this pitcher throws more strikes than balls" | ||
| countermove, counterattack (chess) an attack that is intended to counter the opponent's advantage in another part of the board | ||
| bombing, bombardment an attack by dropping bombs | ||
| firing, fire the act of firing weapons or artillery at an enemy; "hold your fire until you can see the whites of their eyes"; "they retreated in the face of withering enemy fire" | ||
| strafe an attack of machine-gun fire or cannon fire from a low flying airplane; "the next morning they carried out a strafe of enemy airfields" | ||
| attack - a sudden occurrence of an uncontrollable condition; "an attack of diarrhea" | ||
| affliction a cause of great suffering and distress | ||
| anxiety attack a sudden acute episode of intense anxiety and feelings of panic | ||
| flare (baseball) a fly ball hit a short distance into the outfield | ||
| ictus, raptus, seizure the taking possession of something by legal process | ||
| touch, spot the act of putting two things together with no space between them; "at his touch the room filled with lights" | ||
| apoplexy, cerebrovascular accident, cva, stroke a light touch with the hands | ||
| paroxysm, convulsion, fit a sudden uncontrollable attack; "a paroxysm of giggling"; "a fit of coughing"; "convulsions of laughter" | ||
| hysterics an attack of hysteria | ||
| occlusion (dentistry) the normal spatial relation of the teeth when the jaws are closed | ||
| attack - the act of attacking; "attacks on women increased last year"; "they made an attempt on his life" | ||
| attempt | ||
| criminal offence, criminal offense, law-breaking, crime, offence, offense (criminal law) an act punishable by law; usually considered an evil act; "a long record of crimes" | ||
| attack - an offensive move in a sport or game; "they won the game with a 10-hit attack in the 9th inning" | ||
| turn, play taking a short walk out and back; "we took a turn in the park" | ||
| attack - strong criticism; "he published an unexpected attack on my work" | ||
| unfavorable judgment, criticism a serious examination and judgment of something; "constructive criticism is always appreciated" | ||
| attack - 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" | ||
| devolution, degeneration the delegation of authority (especially from a central to a regional government) | ||
| attack - a decisive manner of beginning a musical tone or phrase | ||
| tone-beginning | ||
| attack - 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, plan of attack | ||
| conceptualisation, conceptualization, formulation inventing or contriving an idea or explanation and formulating it mentally | ||
| 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, flak, flack, blast | ||
| unfavorable judgment, criticism a serious examination and judgment of something; "constructive criticism is always appreciated" | ||
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| 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" | ||
| assail | ||
| defend argue or speak in defense of; "She supported the motion to strike" | ||
| aggress, attack begin to injure; "The cancer cells are attacking his liver"; "Rust is attacking the metal" | ||
| fight, struggle, contend fight against or resist strongly; "The senator said he would oppose the bill"; "Don't fight it!" | ||
| submarine attack by submarine; "The Germans submarined the Allies" | ||
| pepper, pelt attack and bombard with or as if with missiles; "pelt the speaker with questions" | ||
| hit, strike pay unsolicited and usually unwanted sexual attention to; "He tries to hit on women in bars" | ||
| counterattack, counterstrike make a counterattack | ||
| gas attack with gas; subject to gas fumes; "The despot gassed the rebellious tribes" | ||
| surprise, storm cause to be surprised; "The news really surprised me" | ||
| blitz attack suddenly and without warning; "Hitler blitzed Poland" | ||
| invade, occupy march aggressively into another's territory by military force for the purposes of conquest and occupation; "Hitler invaded Poland on September 1, 1939" | ||
| beleaguer, hem in, besiege, circumvent, surround surround in a restrictive manner; "The building was hemmed in by flowers" | ||
| bomb, bombard direct high energy particles or radiation against | ||
| strafe attack with machine guns or cannon fire from a low-flying plane; "civilians were strafed in an effort to force the country's surrender" | ||
| cannonade attack with cannons or artillery | ||
| torpedo attack or hit with torpedoes | ||
| raid, bust search for something needed or desired; "Our babysitter raided our refrigerator" | ||
| attack - attack in speech or writing; "The editors of the left-leaning paper attacked the new House Speaker" | ||
| round, assail, lash out, snipe, assault | ||
| pick apart, criticise, criticize, knock act as a critic; "Those who criticize others often are not perfect, either" | ||
| blackguard, clapperclaw, abuse, shout claw with the nails | ||
| claw attack as if with claws; "The politician clawed his rival" | ||
| vitriol subject to bitter verbal abuse | ||
| rip criticize or abuse strongly and violently; "The candidate ripped into his opponent mercilessly" | ||
| whang attack forcefully; "whang away at the school reform plan" | ||
| barrage, bombard direct high energy particles or radiation against | ||
| blister, scald, whip get blistered; "Her feet blistered during the long hike" | ||
| rubbish attack strongly | ||
| attack - take the initiative and go on the offensive; "The Serbs attacked the village at night"; "The visiting team started to attack" | ||
| aggress | ||
| act, move behave in a certain manner; show a certain behavior; conduct or comport oneself; "You should act like an adult"; "Don't behave like a fool"; "What makes her do this way?"; "The dog acts ferocious, but he is really afraid of people" | ||
| check make cracks or chinks in; "The heat checked the paint" | ||
| fork shape like a fork; "She forked her fingers" | ||
| assail, attack attack someone physically or emotionally; "The mugger assaulted the woman"; "Nightmares assailed him regularly" | ||
| harass exhaust by attacking repeatedly; "harass the enemy" | ||
| pin immobilize a piece | ||
| tackle seize and throw down an opponent player, who usually carries the ball | ||
| attack - begin to injure; "The cancer cells are attacking his liver"; "Rust is attacking the metal" | ||
| affect act physically on; have an effect upon; "the medicine affects my heart rate" | ||
| 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" | ||
| start out, commence, set about, set out, get down, begin, start, get begin to deal with; "approach a task"; "go about a difficult problem"; "approach a new project" | ||
| attack - attack someone physically or emotionally; "The mugger assaulted the woman"; "Nightmares assailed him regularly" | ||
| assail, assault, set on | ||
| bait attack with dogs or set dogs upon | ||
| sic, set urge to attack someone; "The owner sicked his dogs on the intruders"; "the shaman sics sorcerers on the evil spirits" | ||
| bulldog throw a steer by seizing the horns and twisting the neck, as in a rodeo | ||
| rush urge to an unnatural speed; "Don't rush me, please!" | ||
| blindside attack or hit on or from the side where the attacked person's view is obstructed | ||
| savage criticize harshly or violently; "The press savaged the new President"; "The critics crucified the author for plagiarizing a famous passage" | ||
| reassail assail again; "Her old fears reassailed her" | ||
| jump increase suddenly and significantly; "Prices jumped overnight" | ||
| set upon, beset assail or attack on all sides: "The zebra was beset by leopards" | ||
| rape, ravish, assault, dishonor, dishonour, outrage, violate destroy and strip of its possession; "The soldiers raped the beautiful country" | ||
| desecrate, profane, outrage, violate remove the consecration from a person or an object | ||
| molest harass or assault sexually; make indecent advances to | ||
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Wiktionary
- attack (Noun)
An attempt to cause damage or injury to, or to somehow detract from the worth or credibility of, a person, position, idea, object, or thing, by physical, verbal, emotional, or other assault. - attack (Noun)
A time in which one attacks. The offence of a battle. - attack (Noun)
Collectively, the bowlers of a cricket side. - attack (Noun)
Any contact with the ball other than a serve or block which sends the ball across the plane of the net. - attack (Noun)
The three attackmen on the field or all the attackmen of a team. - attack (Noun)
The sudden onset of a disease. - attack (Noun)
An active episode of a chronic or recurrent disease. - attack (Noun)
The amount of time it takes 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. - attack (Verb)
To apply violent force to someone or something. - attack (Verb)
To aggressively challenge a person, idea, etc. , with words particularly in newspaper headlines, because it typesets into less space than "criticize" or similar. - attack (Verb)
To deal with something undesirable in a direct way. - attack (Verb)
To aim balls at the batsman’s wicket. - attack (Verb)
To set a field, or bowl in a manner designed to get wickets. - attack (Verb)
To bat aggressively, so as to score runs quickly. - attack (Verb)
To move forward in an attempt to actively score point, as opposed to trying not to concede.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- attack (v. t.)
To fall upon with force; to assail, as with force and arms; to assault. - attack (v. t.)
To assail with unfriendly speech or writing; to begin a controversy with; to attempt to overthrow or bring into disrepute, by criticism or satire; to censure; as, to attack a man, or his opinions, in a pamphlet. - attack (v. t.)
To set to work upon, as upon a task or problem, or some object of labor or investigation. - attack (v. t.)
To begin to affect; to begin to act upon, injuriously or destructively; to begin to decompose or waste. - attack (v. i.)
To make an onset or attack. - attack (n.)
The act of attacking, or falling on with force or violence; an onset; an assault; -- opposed to defense. - attack (n.)
An assault upon one's feelings or reputation with unfriendly or bitter words. - attack (n.)
A setting to work upon some task, etc. - attack (n.)
An access of disease; a fit of sickness. - attack (n.)
The beginning of corrosive, decomposing, or destructive action, by a chemical agent.
OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω
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To apply violent force to someone or something. -
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The application of violent force to someone or something. -
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The sudden onset or occurrence of a disease condition. -
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Intense adverse criticism. -
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To intensely and adversely criticise in speech or writing. -
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Close fighting during the culmination of a military attack. -
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To attack someone physically or emotionally. -
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The use or exploitation of a vulnerability. This term is neither malicious nor benevolent. A bad guy may attack a system, and a good guy may attack a problem. (Schneider)
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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at-tak′, v.t. to fall upon violently: to assault: to assail with unfriendly words or writing: to begin to affect, fall upon (of diseases).—n. an assault or onset: the offensive part in any contest: the beginning of active operations on anything, even dinner: severe criticism or calumny.—adj. Attack′able. [Fr. attaquer. See Attach, of which it is a doublet.]
Sailor's Word-BookThe Sailor's Word-Book ⛵
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A general assault or onset upon an enemy. Also the arrangement for investment or battle. (See FALSE ATTACK.)
Military DictionaryMilitary Dictionary and Gazetteer 💥
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Any general assault or onset that is given to gain a post or break a body of troops. False attack, a feigned or secondary movement in the arrangements of an assault, intended to divert the attention of an enemy from the real or principal attack. Such a movement has been sometimes converted into a real attack, and succeeded when the main assault, to which it was intended to be subsidiary, had failed. Attack of a siege is a furious attack made by the besiegers by means of trenches, galleries, saps, breaches, or mines, etc., by storming any part of the front attack. To attack in front or flank, in fortifications, means to attack the salient angle, or both sides of the bastion.
Wikipedia 
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Attack is the threat to violate or destroy something. In military affairs it means the armed action to force one's own will over the opponents will, by means of destruction of the army of the enemy. The most important characteristics of an attack in comparison with all other types of combat and actions is the initiative.
See also.
Charge (warfare)
