Definition of attack

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Attack (v. t.) To fall upon with force; to assail, as with force and arms; to assault..

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Issue :: Issue (v. i.) To go out; to rush out; to sally forth; as, troops issued from the town, and attacked the besiegers..
Attemptable :: Attemptable (a.) Capable of being attempted, tried, or attacked..
Bombard :: Bombard (v. t.) To attack with bombards or with artillery; especially, to throw shells, hot shot, etc., at or into..
Mob :: Mob (v. t.) To crowd about, as a mob, and attack or annoy; as, to mob a house or a person..
Oppugn :: Oppugn (v. t.) To fight against; to attack; to be in conflict with; to oppose; to resist.
Arm :: Arm (v. i.) To provide one's self with arms, weapons, or means of attack or resistance; to take arms..
Demonstration :: Demonstration (n.) (Mil.) a decisive exhibition of force, or a movement indicating an attack..
Incursion :: Incursion (n.) Attack; occurrence.
Opponent :: Opponent (n.) One who opposes in a disputation, argument, or other verbal controversy; specifically, one who attacks some theirs or proposition, in distinction from the respondent, or defendant, who maintains it..
Hypnogenic :: Hypnogenic (a.) Relating to the production of hypnotic sleep; as, the so-called hypnogenic pressure points, pressure upon which is said to cause an attack of hypnotic sleep..
Conversion :: Conversion (n.) A change of front, as a body of troops attacked in the flank..
Sally :: Sally (v. i.) To leap or rush out; to burst forth; to issue suddenly; as a body of troops from a fortified place to attack besiegers; to make a sally.
Thrust :: Thrust (n.) An attack; an assault.
Fence :: Fence (n.) That which fends off attack or danger; a defense; a protection; a cover; security; shield.
Ambush :: Ambush (v. t.) To attack by ambush; to waylay.
Ambuscade :: Ambuscade (v. t.) A lying in a wood, concealed, for the purpose of attacking an enemy by surprise. Hence: A lying in wait, and concealed in any situation, for a like purpose; a snare laid for an enemy; an ambush..
Vaccination :: Vaccination (n.) The act, art, or practice of vaccinating, or inoculating with the cowpox, in order to prevent or mitigate an attack of smallpox. Cf. Inoculation..
Offension :: Offension (n.) Assault; attack.
Attack :: Attack (v. i.) To make an onset or attack.
Belfry :: Belfry (n.) A movable tower erected by besiegers for purposes of attack and defense.
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