Definition of attack

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Attack (v. t.) To assail with unfriendly speech or writing; to begin a controversy with; to attempt to overthrow or bring into disrepute, by criticism or satire; to censure; as, to attack a man, or his opinions, in a pamphlet..

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Fortify :: Fortify (v. t.) To add strength to; to strengthen; to confirm; to furnish with power to resist attack.
Aggress :: Aggress (v. t.) To set upon; to attack.
Assailant :: Assailant (a.) Assailing; attacking.
Incursion :: Incursion (n.) Attack; occurrence.
Fluorine :: Fluorine (n.) A non-metallic, gaseous element, strongly acid or negative, or associated with chlorine, bromine, and iodine, in the halogen group of which it is the first member. It always occurs combined, is very active chemically, and possesses such an avidity for most elements, and silicon especially, that it can neither be prepared nor kept in glass vessels. If set free it immediately attacks the containing material, so that it was not isolated until 1886. It is a pungent, corrosive, colorles
Hostility :: Hostility (n.) An act of an open enemy; a hostile deed; especially in the plural, acts of warfare; attacks of an enemy..
Impregnable :: Impregnable (a.) Not to be stormed, or taken by assault; incapable of being subdued; able to resist attack; unconquerable; as, an impregnable fortress; impregnable virtue..
Assault :: Assault (n.) A violent onset or attack with moral weapons, as words, arguments, appeals, and the like; as, to make an assault on the prerogatives of a prince, or on the constitution of a government..
Paroxysm :: Paroxysm (n.) The fit, attack, or exacerbation, of a disease that occurs at intervals, or has decided remissions or intermissions..
Undertake :: Undertake (v. t.) To engage with; to attack.
Thrust :: Thrust (n.) An attack; an assault.
Ambuscade :: Ambuscade (v. t.) To lie in wait for, or to attack from a covert or lurking place; to waylay..
Earthwork :: Earthwork (n.) Any construction, whether a temporary breastwork or permanent fortification, for attack or defense, the material of which is chiefly earth..
Affray :: Affray (v. t.) The act of suddenly disturbing any one; an assault or attack.
Wolf :: Wolf (a.) Any one of several species of wild and savage carnivores belonging to the genus Canis and closely allied to the common dog. The best-known and most destructive species are the European wolf (Canis lupus), the American gray, or timber, wolf (C. occidentalis), and the prairie wolf, or coyote. Wolves often hunt in packs, and may thus attack large animals and even man..
Violent :: Violent (a.) Acting, characterized, or produced by unjust or improper force; outrageous; unauthorized; as, a violent attack on the right of free speech..
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..
Iconoclast :: Iconoclast (n.) One who exposes or destroys impositions or shams; one who attacks cherished beliefs; a radical.
Arest :: Arest (n.) A support for the spear when couched for the attack.
Attack :: Attack (v. t.) To fall upon with force; to assail, as with force and arms; to assault..
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