Attack
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English
Noun
Attack (plural Attacks)- 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.
- A time in which one attacks. The offence of a battle.
- (cricket) Collectively, the bowlers of a cricket side.
- (volleyball) Any contact with the ball other than a serve or block which sends the ball across the plane of the net.
- (lacrosse) The three attackmen on the field or all the attackmen of a team.
- (medicine) The sudden onset of a disease.
- (audio) 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).
Verb
Attack (third-person singular simple present Attacks, present participle Attacking, simple past and past participle Attacked)
- (transitive) To apply violent force to someone or something.
- (transitive) To aggressively challenge a person, idea, etc., with words (particularly in newspaper headlines, because it typesets into less space than "criticize" or similar).
- (transitive, cricket) To aim balls at the batsman’s wicket.
- (intransitive, cricket) To set a field, or bowl in a manner designed to get wickets.
- (intransitive, cricket) To bat aggressively, so as to score runs quickly.
Adjectives for Attack
smashing; savage; murderous; fiery; bold; homicidal; ripping; bulldog; tearing; deadly; devastating; ruthless; angry; fierce; brutal; reckless; terrific; treacherous; scathing; hurricane; severe; damaging; formidable; desperate; prolonged; diplomatic;merciless; literary; hand-to-hand; journalistic; verbal; demagogic; vehement; unrestrained; incessant; determined; inexorable; rapid; zestful; impetuous; correct; serious; unexpected; direct; surprise; resounding; logical; vague; mysterious; provocative; sudden; well-organized; sustained; wide-spread; subtle; persisting; counter; organized; vigorous; withering; open; pulmonary; precipitate; simultaneous; scientific; bitter; damaging; crushing; unprovoked; whirlwind; strategic; oblique; furious; hysterical; peculiar; systematic; secular; outside; ordered; infantry; desultory; threatened; blasphemous; lawless; decisive; barbarous; noisy; seditious; premature; subsequent; convulsive; contemplated; nocturnal; burglarous; unjust; Insidious; unfortunate; indiscriminate; ill-natured; abrupt; outrageous; immediate; tumultuous; abortive; violent; ignoble; frontal; satirical; tireless; sagacious; spasmodic; censurable; epileptoid; premeditated; venomous.
Verbs for Attack
anticipate—; avert—; block—; blunt—;carry—; change—; characterize—; conceive—; concentrate—; consolidate—; counter—;cure of—; defy—; desist from—; direct—;dislodge—; divert—; double—; foresee—; forestall—; guard against—; head off—; immunize against—; induce—; initiate—; intensify—; launch—; mass for—; mount to—; plan—; precipitate—; predispose to —; prepare for—; presage—; pretend—; proceed with—; proclaim—; recover from —; re-enforce—; repel—; repudiate—; repulse—; satirize—; shift—; soften—; subdue—; succeed in—; succumb to—; suppress —; survive—; sustain—; terminate—; throw off—; time—; unite in—; unleash—; usher in—; wind up—; —abates; —arises; — coincides; —defames; —excites; —impends;—injures; —occurs; —overthrows; —recurs;—seizes; —subsides; —succeeds; —sways; —swerves; —swings.
Adverbs for Attack
ardently; simultaneously; bitterly; scurrilously; fiendishly; virulently; libelously; savagely; anonymously; ridiculously; characteristically; sorely; energetically; vehemently; criminally; unscrupulously; smashingly; murderously; devastatingly; ruthlessly; scathingly; treacherously; verbally; incessantly; determinedly; inexorably; impetuously; venomously; scientifically; unprovokedly; obliquely; blasphemously; decisively; barbarously; prematurely; insidiously; satirically.
Synonyms for Attack
- assail, assault, violate, seize, infringe, encroach, charge, besiege, combat, beset, encounter.
- (volleyball): hit, spike
Antonyms for Attack
protect, defend, sustain, shelter
