LekhoriLekhoriAn attempt to cause damage, injury to, or death of an opponent or enemy.
From 1906 to 1960, there were forty-six recorded shark attacks, half of which were fatal.
An attempt to detract from the worth or credibility of, a person, position, idea, object, or thing, by physical, verbal, emotional, or other assault.
“I came down like a wolf on the fold, didn’t I ? Why didn’t I telephone ? Strategy, my dear boy, strategy. This is a surprise attack, and I’d no wish that the garrison, forewarned, should escape. …”
A time in which one attacks; the offence of a battle.
The army timed their attack to coincide with the local celebrations.
To apply violent force to someone or something.
Designed or kept for the purpose of confrontation.
attack dog, attack ad
Borrowed from French attaque, derived from the verb attaquer, from Italian attaccare (“to join, attach”) (used in attaccare battaglia (“to join battle”)), from Frankish *stakkijan (“to stick, stick to...
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This species of snake will only attack humans if it feels threatened.
To aggressively challenge a person, idea, etc., with words (particularly in newspaper headlines, because it typesets into less space than "criticize" or similar).
She published an article attacking the recent pay cuts.
To begin to affect; to act upon injuriously or destructively; to begin to decompose or waste.
On the fourth of March he was attacked by fever.