attack
verb (used with object)
to set upon in a forceful, violent, hostile, or aggressive way, with or without a weapon; begin fighting with.
had attacked
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past perfectof attack.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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Central Command declined to specify today which targets it had attacked.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 1, 2026
According to state prosecutors, Castro falsely claimed that Sosa-Celis and another man had attacked an ICE agent with a broom and shovel, and that he had simply acted in self defense.
From Slate ● Aug. 28, 2026
Digital news outlet Axios reported that US forces had attacked several Iranian air defence systems and radar systems around the strait.
From Barron's ● Jun. 10, 2026
On Monday the US said it had attacked seven Iranian fast boats in the strait while Iran said it had fired warning shots at a US vessel.
From BBC ● May 5, 2026
Therefore, every time that Úrsula became exercised over her husband's mad ideas, she would leap back over three hundred years of fate and curse the day that Sir Francis Drake had attacked Riohacha.
From "One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
