attack
[ uh-tak ]
/ əˈtæk /
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verb (used with object)
verb (used without object)
to make an attack; begin hostilities.
noun
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Origin of attack
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1. Attack, assail, assault, molest all mean to set upon someone forcibly, with hostile or violent intent. Attack is the most general word and applies to a beginning of hostilities, especially those definitely planned: to attack from ambush. Assail implies vehement, sudden, and sometimes repeated attack: to assail with weapons or with gossip. Assault almost always implies bodily violence: to assault with intent to kill. To molest is to harass, to threaten, or to assault: He was safe, and where no one could molest him.
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British Dictionary definitions for attack
attack
/ (əˈtæk) /
verb
noun
Derived forms of attack
attackable, adjectiveattacker, nounattacking, adjectiveWord Origin for attack
C16: from French attaquer, from Old Italian attaccare to attack, attach, from estaccare to attach, from stacca stake 1; compare attach
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