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单词 reattack
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reattackv.

Brit. /ˌriːəˈtak/, U.S. /ˌriəˈtæk/
Forms: see re- prefix and attack v.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation; originally modelled on a French lexical item. Etymons: re- prefix, attack v.
Etymology: < re- prefix + attack v., originally after French rattaquer (1587 in Middle French).
transitive. To launch a renewed attack on (a place, person, or thing); to attack again.
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society > armed hostility > attack > attack [verb (transitive)] > attack again
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the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > hostile action or attack > make an attack upon [verb (transitive)] > attack spiritually > again
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1654 R. Loveday tr. G. de Costes de La Calprenède Hymen's Præludia: 2nd Pt. iii. 133 A few dayes after, my Master..re-attacqu'd the Citty so vigorously.
1700 in J. H. Burton Darien Papers (1849) 314 A rumor of our reattacking Calledonia.
a1711 T. Ken Psyche ii, in Wks. (1721) IV. 195 And if I chance my Watch to slack, My Soul they re-attack.
1795 Ld. Nelson Let. 7 Feb. in Dispatches (1845) II. 6 I was the cause of re-attacking Bastia, after our Generals gave it over, from not knowing the force.
1834 Mail (Hagerstown, Maryland) 21 Nov. 1/2 The dogs soon re-attacked him, when he was handled in a manner that must have eventually prevented any resuscitation taking place a second time.
1894 Westm. Gaz. 16 Oct. 5/1 The Kaffirs are re-attacking Lorenzo Marquez.
1948 G. Pincus & K. V. Thimann Hormones I. i. 3 The problem of posterior pituitary hormones has been reattacked and real progress..has been made.
2001 Times-Picayune (New Orleans) (Nexis) 4 June (Metro section) 1 The dog got out again and reattacked the owner.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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