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attack

/ attack /
noun/verb

Definitions & Examples

verb Sense 2
"Hitler attacked Poland on September 1, 1939 and started World War II"
"Serbian forces assailed Bosnian towns all week"
Opposites:
defend
Type of:
fight struggle
Verb group:
aggress
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
Somebody ----s something with something
verb Sense 3
take the initiative and go on the offensive
"The Serbs attacked the village at night"
"The visiting team started to attack"
Type of:
act move
Kinds of:
check fork harass pin tackle
Verb group:
assail
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
Somebody ----s something with something
verb Sense 4
"The editors of the left-leaning paper attacked the new House Speaker"
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
Somebody ----s something with something
Somebody ----s on something
Somebody ----s somebody PP
Somebody ----s something with something
verb Sense 5
set to work upon; turn one''s energies vigorously to a task
"I attacked the problem as soon as I got out of bed"
Type of:
get down begin get
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
verb Sense 6
"The cancer cells are attacking his liver"
"Rust is attacking the metal"
Type of:
affect
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s somebody PP
noun Sense 7
"an attack of diarrhea"
Type of:
affliction
noun Sense 8
"the film was sensitive to attack by acids"
"open to attack by the elements"
noun Sense 9
"he published an unexpected attack on my work"
noun Sense 11
the act of attacking
"attacks on women increased last year"
"they made an attempt on his life"
Type of:
crime law-breaking
Kinds of:
assault
Derived:
assail assault set on
noun Sense 12
an offensive move in a sport or game
"they won the game with a 10-hit attack in the 9th inning"
Type of:
turn play
noun Sense 13
"Clinton directed his fire at the Republican Party"
"the government has come under attack"
"don''t give me any flak"
noun Sense 14
"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"
Kinds of:
avenue
verb Sense 15
"The mugger assaulted the woman"
"Nightmares assailed him regularly"
Kinds of:
bait sic set bulldog rush
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
Somebody ----s something with something
Somebody ----s on something
Semantic Complexity
100%
Sense Count
15
Total Synonyms
0
Total Relationships
113
Times Searched
3
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