Attack

Meaning

Noun

●

An

to cause

,

to, or

of

or enemy.

●

An

to

from the

or

of, a person,

,

,

, or

, by physical,

,

, or other assault.

●

A

; the

of a battle.

●

The

of

on anything.

●

In Computing:

An

to

a

in a

system.

●

In Cricket & Violence:

Collectively, the

of a

side.

●

In Volleyball:

Any

with the

a

or

which

the

across the

of the net.

●

In Lacrosse:

The three

on the

or all the

of a team.

●

In Medicine:

The

of a

or condition.

●

An

of a

or

disease.

●

In Music:

The

of a

,

with respect to

the

(and

) of that

.

●

The amount of time it

the

of an

from

to

level (e.g. an

a

would

a very

, whereas that of a

to

would

a

).

Verb

●

In Violence:

To

to someone or something.

●

To

a person,

, etc; with

(particularly in

, because it

into less

than "criticize" or similar).

●

To

to

; to

or

; to

to

or waste.

●

To

something in a

way; to

upon.

●

In Cricket:

To

at the batsman’s wicket.

●

In Cricket:

To set a

, or

to get wickets.

●

In Cricket:

To

,

quickly.

●

In Football (soccer):

To

in an

to

a point,

not to concede.

●

In Cycling:

To

in an

to

the other riders.

●

In Chemistry:

(Of a

chemical species

) To approach a

chemical species

or

in order to form a

with it.

Adj

●

Designed or

for the

of confrontation.

Sourced from

Origin

attack

English

attaque

French

Sourced from

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