attack
verb (used with object)
to set upon in a forceful, violent, hostile, or aggressive way, with or without a weapon; begin fighting with.
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In planning his counter-attacks last June, to throw the Germans back beyond Tobruk after they had retaken Libya, he planned a rapid attack, quick withdrawal, reattack.
From Time Magazine Archive
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