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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024at•tack /əˈtæk/USA pronunciation v. - to attempt to harm in an aggressive way;
begin fighting with: [~ + object]The dog attacked the prowler.[no object]The mugger attacked and ran away. - Militaryto begin hostilities against: [~ + object]We attacked the enemy.[no object]The enemy may attack at dawn.
- to blame or criticize severely:[~ + object]The politician attacked his opponent's ideas.
- to set about doing or working on vigorously:[~ + object]The starving man attacked the meal.
- (of disease, poison, etc.) to begin to affect;
harm:[~ + object]That disease attacks the brain cells.
n. - the act of attacking;
assault: [countable]Several attacks took place at night.[uncountable]The village came under attack from the air. - Pathology[countable] an episode of suffering from a disease or other condition: a heart attack.
- an experiencing of some sensation or response:[countable]an attack of remorse.
at•tack•er, n. [countable] WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024at•tack (ə tak′),USA pronunciation v.t. - to set upon in a forceful, violent, hostile, or aggressive way, with or without a weapon;
begin fighting with:He attacked him with his bare hands. - to begin hostilities against;
start an offensive against:to attack the enemy. - to blame or abuse violently or bitterly.
- to direct unfavorable criticism against;
criticize severely;
argue with strongly:He attacked his opponent's statement. - to try to destroy, esp. with verbal abuse:to attack the mayor's reputation.
- to set about (a task) or go to work on (a thing) vigorously:to attack housecleaning; to attack the hamburger hungrily.
- (of disease, destructive agencies, etc.) to begin to affect.
v.i. - to make an attack;
begin hostilities.
n. - the act of attacking;
onslaught;
assault. - a military offensive against an enemy or enemy position.
- [Pathol.]seizure by disease or illness:an attack of indigestion.
- the beginning or initiating of any action;
onset. - an aggressive move in a performance or contest.
- Musicthe approach or manner of approach in beginning a musical phrase.
- Italian attaccare to attack, attach
- Middle French atta(c)quer
- earlier atta(c)que 1590–1600
- 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged storm, charge. Attack, assail, assault, molest all mean to set upon someone forcibly, with hostile or violent intent. Attack is the most general word and applies to a beginning of hostilities, esp. those definitely planned:to attack from ambush.Assail implies vehement, sudden, and sometimes repeated attack:to assail with weapons or with gossip.Assault almost always implies bodily violence:to assault with intent to kill.To molest is to harass, to threaten, or to assault:He was safe, and where no one could molest him.
- 4.See corresponding entry in Unabridged censure; impugn, oppugn, abuse.
- 9.See corresponding entry in Unabridged onset, encounter.
- 1, 4.See corresponding entry in Unabridged defend.
- 9.See corresponding entry in Unabridged defense.
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