Noun(1) (military) an offensive against an enemy (using weapons),a sudden occurrence of an uncontrollable condition,intense adverse criticism,the act of attacking,an offensive move in a sport or game,the onset of a corrosive or destructive process (as by a chemical agent),ideas or actions intended to deal with a problem or situation,a decisive manner of beginning a musical tone or phrase,strong criticism,physical assault,verbal assault,sudden dysfunction or disorder(2) (military) an offensive against an enemy (using weapons)(3) a sudden occurrence of an uncontrollable condition(4) intense adverse criticism(5) the act of attacking(6) an offensive move in a sport or game(7) the onset of a corrosive or destructive process (as by a chemical agent)(8) ideas or actions intended to deal with a problem or situation(9) a decisive manner of beginning a musical tone or phrase(10) strong criticism(11) physical assault(12) verbal assault(13) sudden dysfunction or disorder
Verb(1) launch an attack or assault on,begin to injure,assault physically,assault verbally,set to work(2) launch an attack or assault on(3) begin to injure(4) assault physically(5) assault verbally(6) set to work
Noun(1) (military) an offensive against an enemy (using weapons),a sudden occurrence of an uncontrollable condition,intense adverse criticism,the act of attacking,an offensive move in a sport or game,the onset of a corrosive or destructive process (as by a chemical agent),ideas or actions intended to deal with a problem or situation,a decisive manner of beginning a musical tone or phrase,strong criticism,physical assault,verbal assault,sudden dysfunction or disorder(2) (military) an offensive against an enemy (using weapons)(3) a sudden occurrence of an uncontrollable condition(4) intense adverse criticism(5) the act of attacking(6) an offensive move in a sport or game(7) the onset of a corrosive or destructive process (as by a chemical agent)(8) ideas or actions intended to deal with a problem or situation(9) a decisive manner of beginning a musical tone or phrase(10) strong criticism(11) physical assault(12) verbal assault(13) sudden dysfunction or disorder
Verb(1) launch an attack or assault on,begin to injure,assault physically,assault verbally,set to work(2) launch an attack or assault on(3) begin to injure(4) assault physically(5) assault verbally(6) set to work
(1) Today there will be an exercise involving a mock chemical attack on the City of London.(2) The ants move the aphids to fresh parts of the plant, and they protect them from attack by other insects.(3) asthma attack(4) it was a scathing attack on the government(5) Rubinstein combines the march of his King to a weak pawn with an attack against White's King.(6) In an attack on a police station, one police officer and an attacker were killed.(7) Police are investigating an attack on a woman as she left a toilet at a train station.(8) London's ex-police chief has launched a vitriolic attack on the minister.(9) In February police arrested nine Moroccans suspected of planning an attack on the US embassy in Rome.(10) HIV is thought to attack certain cells in the brain(11) We didn't want to attack too much because it would be crazy to lose the ball and let them score a goal.(12) An attack of rheumatic fever may last for six weeks or longer.(13) White has two ways of giving up a piece for the attack in the main line, and they're both looking as deadly as ever.(14) His response to the disaster of the war is to attack those who opposed the war.(15) three classrooms were gutted in the arson attack(16) Instead of trying to tell the players how to attack , he gave them more freedom.
