What part of speech is attack?

Attack can be categorized as a noun and a verb.

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Parts of speech

  • 1. attack is a verb, present, 1st person singular of attack (infinitive).
  • 2. attack is a verb (infinitive).
  • 3. attack is a noun, singular of attacks.

Inflections

Verb

Noun

What does attack mean?

Definitions

Verb
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"
attack - attack in speech or writing; "The editors of the left-leaning paper attacked the new House Speaker"
attack - take the initiative and go on the offensive; "The Serbs attacked the village at night"; "The visiting team started to attack"
attack - begin to injure; "The cancer cells are attacking his liver"; "Rust is attacking the metal"
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"
attack - attack someone physically or emotionally; "The mugger assaulted the woman"; "Nightmares assailed him regularly"

Noun
attack - (military) an offensive against an enemy (using weapons); "the attack began at dawn"
attack - a sudden occurrence of an uncontrollable condition; "an attack of diarrhea"
attack - the act of attacking; "attacks on women increased last year"; "they made an attempt on his life"
attack - an offensive move in a sport or game; "they won the game with a 10-hit attack in the 9th inning"
attack - strong criticism; "he published an unexpected attack on my work"
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"
attack - a decisive manner of beginning a musical tone or phrase
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"
attack - intense adverse criticism; "Clinton directed his fire at the Republican Party"; "the government has come under attack"; "don't give me any flak"
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Examples of attack

#   Sentence  
1. noun The attack began at dawn.
2. noun An attack of diarrhea.
3. noun They won the game with a 10-hit attack in the 9th inning.
4. noun He published an unexpected attack on my work.
5. noun The film was sensitive to attack by acids.
6. noun Open to attack by the elements.
7. noun An attack on inflation.
8. noun His plan of attack was misguided.
9. noun The government has come under attack.
10. noun His mother was also killed in the attack.
11. noun Guerrillas near Hawijah launched an attack that left 6 dead, including 4 Iraqi soldiers.
12. noun The Kerry camp blames Bush for the Swift boat veterans’ attack, but anyone who has spent much time talking to the Swifties gets the sense that they are doing it entirely for their own reasons.
13. noun The Pentagon is bypassing official US intelligence channels and turning to a dangerous and unruly cast of characters in order to create strife in Iran in preparation for any possible attack, former and current intelligence officials say...
14. noun I do not want to comment here on whether the American-led attack on Iraq was justified from the point of view of weapons of mass destruction or any other pre-war argument, but I can look at the post-war map of Western Asia.
15. noun An early September 2003 Newsweek article included a rumor by a Taliban source that at a meeting in April 2003 Bin Laden was planning an "unbelievable" biological attack, the plans for which had suffered a setback upon the arrest of Khalid Shaikh Mohammed ("KSM").
16. verb The visiting team started to attack.
17. verb The amazing thing is that all of these crooks demand protection under international law, and define all those who attack them as "war criminals," with some Western media repeating the allegations.
18. verb "The Prophet's guidance," says Michael Scheuer, an al-Qaeda analyst who recently retired from the CIA and once headed its Bin Laden unit, "was always, Before you attack someone, warn them very clearly..." The anthrax mailings followed the pattern of letters they sent in January 1997 to newspaper branches in Washington, D.C. and New York City, as well as symbolic targets.
19. verb Dr. Eric Fortier, 34, of Gatineau, Que., used a pocket knife to attack a polar bear on Baffin Island, just south of the Arctic Circle, to save two friends who were being mauled.
20. verb They even occasionally attack people, which wolves do not -- despite the propaganda from the Brothers Grimm.
21. verb All arguments that the Bush administration would be insane to attack Iran and risk a global conflagration for the sake of political cover run into one unavoidable truth.
22. verb Yes,but be sure that your chickens are all hens(I mean not roosters),Roosters may attack rabbits or anything they see moving,so be aware of that,hens are friendly with almost all kinds of pets!
23. verb However, what they hoped to do during the Tet Offensive was to sneak past the Americans and attack the ARVN in the urban areas where they were deployed doing successful Clear and Defend operations.
24. verb Wolves won't usually attack people.
25. verb If UFOs were to attack the earth, what would become of us?
26. verb Macbeth raised an army to attack his enemy.
27. verb A tiger will attack people when it is hungry.
28. verb It could attack us at any moment.
29. verb Formidable looking spiders do not attack people.
30. verb The chief massed his warriors to attack the fort.
Sentence  
noun
The attack began at dawn.
An attack of diarrhea.
They won the game with a 10-hit attack in the 9th inning.
He published an unexpected attack on my work.
The film was sensitive to attack by acids.
Open to attack by the elements.
An attack on inflation.
His plan of attack was misguided.
The government has come under attack.
His mother was also killed in the attack.
Guerrillas near Hawijah launched an attack that left 6 dead, including 4 Iraqi soldiers.
The Kerry camp blames Bush for the Swift boat veterans’ attack, but anyone who has spent much time talking to the Swifties gets the sense that they are doing it entirely for their own reasons.
The Pentagon is bypassing official US intelligence channels and turning to a dangerous and unruly cast of characters in order to create strife in Iran in preparation for any possible attack, former and current intelligence officials say...
I do not want to comment here on whether the American-led attack on Iraq was justified from the point of view of weapons of mass destruction or any other pre-war argument, but I can look at the post-war map of Western Asia.
An early September 2003 Newsweek article included a rumor by a Taliban source that at a meeting in April 2003 Bin Laden was planning an "unbelievable" biological attack, the plans for which had suffered a setback upon the arrest of Khalid Shaikh Mohammed ("KSM").
verb
The visiting team started to attack.
The amazing thing is that all of these crooks demand protection under international law, and define all those who attack them as "war criminals," with some Western media repeating the allegations.
"The Prophet's guidance," says Michael Scheuer, an al-Qaeda analyst who recently retired from the CIA and once headed its Bin Laden unit, "was always, Before you attack someone, warn them very clearly..." The anthrax mailings followed the pattern of letters they sent in January 1997 to newspaper branches in Washington, D.C. and New York City, as well as symbolic targets.
Dr. Eric Fortier, 34, of Gatineau, Que., used a pocket knife to attack a polar bear on Baffin Island, just south of the Arctic Circle, to save two friends who were being mauled.
They even occasionally attack people, which wolves do not -- despite the propaganda from the Brothers Grimm.
All arguments that the Bush administration would be insane to attack Iran and risk a global conflagration for the sake of political cover run into one unavoidable truth.
Yes,but be sure that your chickens are all hens(I mean not roosters),Roosters may attack rabbits or anything they see moving,so be aware of that,hens are friendly with almost all kinds of pets!
However, what they hoped to do during the Tet Offensive was to sneak past the Americans and attack the ARVN in the urban areas where they were deployed doing successful Clear and Defend operations.
Wolves won't usually attack people.
If UFOs were to attack the earth, what would become of us?
Macbeth raised an army to attack his enemy.
A tiger will attack people when it is hungry.
It could attack us at any moment.
Formidable looking spiders do not attack people.
The chief massed his warriors to attack the fort.
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