Word Definitions & Examples
noun
Sense 1
verb
Sense 2
"Hitler attacked Poland on September 1, 1939 and started World War II"
"Serbian forces assailed Bosnian towns all week"
Opposites:
defend
Verb group:
aggress
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
Somebody ----s something with something
verb
Sense 3
"The Serbs attacked the village at night"
"The visiting team started to attack"
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
"I attacked the problem as soon as I got out of bed"
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 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 10
"the attack began at dawn"
noun
Sense 11
the act of attacking
"attacks on women increased last year"
"they made an attempt on his life"
Kinds of:
assault
noun
Sense 12
"they won the game with a 10-hit attack in the 9th inning"
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"
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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