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Etymology

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Borrowed fromFrenchattaque, derived from the verbattaquer, fromItalianattaccare(“to join, attach”) (used inattaccare battaglia(“to join battle”)), fromFrankish*stakka(“stick”).Doublet ofattach. Displaced nativeOld Englishon rǣsan(“to attack”) andonrǣs(“an attack”).

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Noun

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attack (pluralattacks)

  1. Anattempt to causedamage,injury to, ordeath of an opponent or enemy.
    • 1983,Richard Ellis,The Book of Sharks, Knopf,→ISBN, page161:
      From 1906 to 1960, there were forty-six recorded sharkattacks, half of which were fatal.
    • 2013 July 19,Mark Tran, “Denied an education by war”, inThe Guardian Weekly, volume189, number 6, page 1:
      One particularly damaging, but often ignored, effect of conflict on education is the proliferation ofattacks on schools[…]as children, teachers or school buildings become the targets ofattacks. Parents fear sending their children to school. Girls are particularly vulnerable to sexual violence.
    1. (gaming) Any of several specific maneuvers, skills, or special abilities that a character can use to inflict damage against opponents.
      • 2002 March, Aaron Butler, “Mimesis Online (PC)”, inGameSpy.com‎[1], archived fromthe original on2002-12-16:
        Combat inMimesis Online is nice and simple. You click on your target[…] and then keep right-clicking your chosenattack from the drop down menu. Every time you right click on theattack, your character will swing, shoot, etc.
      • 2022 January 28, Chris Tapsell, “Pokémon Legends Arceus Kleavor boss fight: How to beat Kleavor”, inEurogamer.ner‎[2]:
        Kleavor has severalattacks that it's worth roughly memorising: a chargeattack, where it runs at you quickly; a jumpattack, that causes a pillar of rock to spike out from under the ground; and a spinattack that does damage in a circle around it.
  2. An attempt todetract from theworth orcredibility of, a person, position, idea, object, or thing, byphysical,verbal,emotional, or otherassault.
    • 1913,Robert Barr, chapter 4, inLord Stranleigh Abroad‎[3]:
      “I came down like a wolf on the fold, didn’t I ?  Why didn’t I telephone ?  Strategy, my dear boy, strategy. This is a surpriseattack, and I’d no wish that the garrison, forewarned, should escape. …”
    They claimed the censorship of the article was anattack on free speech.
  3. A time in which one attacks; theoffence of abattle.
    The army timed theirattack to coincide with the local celebrations.
  4. (informal, by extension) The beginning of active operations on anything.
    Having washed the plates from dinner, I made anattack on the laundry.
  6. (computing) An attempt toexploit avulnerability in a computer system.
    birthday attack;denial-of-service attack
  7. (cricket)Collectively, thebowlers of acricketside.
  8. (volleyball) Any contact with the ball other than aserve orblock which sends the ball across theplane of the net.
    Synonyms:hit,spike
  9. (lacrosse) The threeattackmen on the field or all the attackmen of a team.
  10. (medicine) The suddenonset of adisease orcondition.
    I've had anattack of the flu.
  11. An active episode of a chronic or recurrent disease.
  12. (music) Theonset of a musical note, particularly with respect to the strength (and duration) of that onset.
    Antonyms:decay,release
    • 2004, Gary Giddins,Weather Bird: Jazz at the Dawn of Its Second Century, page322:
      Eric Reed was a curious choice as pianist, since his busy Petersonianattack is the antithesis of Lewis's, but he acquitted himself with panache,[…]
  13. (audio) Theamount of time taken for thevolume of anaudiosignal to go from zero to maximum level (e.g. an audio waveform representing asnare drum hit would feature a very fast attack, whereas that of a wavewashing to shore would feature a slow attack).
  14. (oenology) Theinitialsensoryimpact of awine.

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attempt to cause damage, injury, or death
attempt to detract from the worth or credibility of, a person, position, idea, object, or thing
offense of a battle
cricket: bowlers of a cricket side
volleyball: hit other than serve or block that sends the ball over the net
lacrosse: the attackmen of a team
medicine: sudden onset of a disease
active episode of a chronic or recurrent disease
amount of time it takes for the volume of an audio signal to go from zero to maximum level

Verb

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attack (third-person singular simple presentattacks,present participleattacking,simple past and past participleattackedor(obsolete)attacktor(obsolete, dialectal)attackted)

  1. (transitive) Toapplyviolentforce to someone or something.
    This species of snake will onlyattack humans if it feels threatened.
    • 1941 December 8, PresidentFranklin D. Roosevelt, 0:00 from the start, inDay of Infamy Speech‎[4], Washington, D.C.,page 1:
      Yesterday, December seventh, 1941, a date which will live in infamy, the United States of America was suddenly and deliberatelyattacked by naval and air forces of the Empire of Japan.
  2. (transitive) Toaggressivelychallenge a person, idea, etc., with words (particularly in newspaper headlines, because it typesets into less space than "criticize" or similar).
    She published an articleattacking the recent pay cuts.
    • 1988 December 11, John D'Emilio, “Enemies, Anger, and Militance”, inGay Community News, volume16, number22, page 5:
      It was puzzling to read a column that claimed to beattacking me, yet espoused the main ideas in my article.
    • 2012 June 3, Nathan Rabin, “TV: Review: THE SIMPSONS (CLASSIC): “Mr. Plow” (season 4, episode 9; originally aired 11/19/1992)”, inThe A.V. Club‎[5],Fusion Media Group:
      In its God-like prime, The Simpsonsattacked well-worn satirical fodder from unexpected angles, finding fresh laughs in the hoariest of subjects.
  3. (transitive) To begin to affect; to act upon injuriously or destructively; to begin to decompose or waste.
  4. (transitive) Todeal with something in a direct way; to set to work upon.
    We’ll have dinner before weattack the biology homework.
    Iattacked the meal with a hearty appetite.
    • 1922, Joseph Hergesheimer,Mountain Blood‎[6]:
      He filled a basin with water, and, with an old brush and piece of sandsoap,attacked the stove.
  5. (transitive, cricket) Toaim balls at thebatsman’swicket.
  6. (intransitive, cricket) Toset afield, orbowl in amannerdesigned to get wickets.
  7. (intransitive, cricket) Tobataggressively, so as toscorerunsquickly.
  8. (soccer) To move forward in an active attempt to score a point, as opposed to trying not to concede.
    • 2011 October 15, Michael Da Silva, “Wigan 1 - 3 Bolton”, inBBC Sport‎[7]:
      Six successive defeats had left them rooted to the bottom of the Premier League table but, clearly under instructions toattack from the outset, Bolton started far the brighter.
  9. (cycling) Toaccelerate quickly in an attempt to get ahead of the otherriders.
  10. (physical chemistry) (Of a chemical species) To approach a chemical species or bond in order to form a bond with it.

Conjugation

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Conjugation ofattack
infinitive(to)attack
present tensepast tense
1st-personsingularattackattacked
2nd-personsingularattack,attackest†attacked,attackedst†
3rd-personsingularattacks,attacketh†attacked
pluralattack
subjunctiveattackattacked
imperativeattack—
participlesattackingattacked

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Translations

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to apply violent force
to aggressively challenge with words
to deal with something undesirable in a direct way
cricket: to aim balls at the batsman’s wicket
cricket: to set a field, or bowl in a manner designed to get wickets
cricket: to bat aggressively
soccer: to move forward in an attempt to score point
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Adjective

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attack (notcomparable)

  1. Designed or kept for the purpose of confrontation.
    attack dog,attack ad

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Etymology

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FromFrenchattaque.

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Noun

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attack c

  1. attack; an attempt to cause damage
  2. attack; offense of a battle

Declension

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Declension ofattack
nominativegenitive
singularindefiniteattackattacks
definiteattackenattackens
pluralindefiniteattackerattackers
definiteattackernaattackernas

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