Definition of attack

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Attack (v. t.) To set to work upon, as upon a task or problem, or some object of labor or investigation..

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Hook :: Hook (v. t.) To seize or pierce with the points of the horns, as cattle in attacking enemies; to gore..
Take :: Take (v. t.) To obtain possession of by force or artifice; to get the custody or control of; to reduce into subjection to one's power or will; to capture; to seize; to make prisoner; as, to take am army, a city, or a ship; also, to come upon or befall; to fasten on; to attack; to seize; -- said of a disease, misfortune, or the like..
Bombard :: Bombard (v. t.) To attack with bombards or with artillery; especially, to throw shells, hot shot, etc., at or into..
Coronary :: Coronary (n.) Informal shortening of coronary thrombosis, also used generally to mean heart attack..
Descend :: Descend (v. i.) To make an attack, or incursion, as if from a vantage ground; to come suddenly and with violence; -- with on or upon..
Offend :: Offend (v. t.) To strike against; to attack; to assail.
Feint :: Feint (a.) A mock blow or attack on one part when another part is intended to be struck; -- said of certain movements in fencing, boxing, war, etc..
Attempt :: Attempt (n.) A essay, trial, or endeavor; an undertaking; an attack, or an effort to gain a point; esp. an unsuccessful, as contrasted with a successful, effort..
Ambuscade :: Ambuscade (v. t.) A place in which troops lie hid, to attack an enemy unexpectedly..
Push :: Push (n.) An assault or attack; an effort; an attempt; hence, the time or occasion for action..
Attack :: Attack (n.) A setting to work upon some task, etc..
Attack :: Attack (n.) An assault upon one's feelings or reputation with unfriendly or bitter words.
Attemptable :: Attemptable (a.) Capable of being attempted, tried, or attacked..
Besetting :: Besetting (a.) Habitually attacking, harassing, or pressing upon or about; as, a besetting sin..
Bombardment :: Bombardment (n.) An attack upon a fortress or fortified town, with shells, hot shot, rockets, etc.; the act of throwing bombs and shot into a town or fortified place..
War :: War (v. i.) To make war; to invade or attack a state or nation with force of arms; to carry on hostilities; to be in a state by violence.
Chicken Pox :: Chicken pox () A mild, eruptive disease, generally attacking children only; varicella..
Thrust :: Thrust (v. i.) To make a push; to attack with a pointed weapon; as, a fencer thrusts at his antagonist..
Falconry :: Falconry (n.) The art of training falcons or hawks to pursue and attack wild fowl or game.
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..
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