attack:1
verbcirca 1576{ds|t|1||}
- to set upon or work against forcefully
- to assail with unfriendly or bitter words
- to begin to affect or to act on injuriously
attack:2
noun
attack
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1655{ds||1||}
- the act of attacking with physical force or unfriendly words : assault
- a belligerent or antagonistic action
- a fit of sickness; especially : an active episode of a chronic or recurrent disease
attack:3
adjective
attack
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1686{ds||1||}
- designed, planned, or used for carrying out a military attack
- expressing or involving aggressively negative and harsh criticism of someone (such as a political opponent)
attack dog
noun
attack dog
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1939{ds||1||}
- a dog trained to attack on command or on sight
- a person noted for harsh, personal, and usually public verbal attacks against others —usually hyphenated when used before another noun
angle of attack
noun phrase
angle of attack
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1901
- the acute angle between the direction of the relative wind and the chord of an airfoil
anxiety attack
noun
anxiety attack
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1911
- a sudden feeling or episode of anxiety; specifically : an episode of mild to severe worry, distress, or fear that may last for hours or days, is typically preceded by a period of gradually increasing levels of fear and worry (such as that associated with a perceived stressor or threat), and that has symptoms (such as increased heart rate and shortness of breath) similar to but often less intense than those associated with a panic attack
banzai attack
noun
banzai attack
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1944
- a mass attack by Japanese soldiers in World War II; also : an all-out usually desperate attack
brain attack
noun
brain attack
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1990
- stroke
heart attack
noun
heart attack
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1836
- an acute episode of coronary heart disease marked by the death or damage of heart muscle due to insufficient blood supply to the heart usually as a result of a coronary artery becoming blocked by a blood clot formed in response to a ruptured or torn fatty arterial deposit —called also myocardial infarction
on the attack
phrase
on the attack
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- making an attack —often used in the phrase go on the attack with the meaning "to begin attacking"
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