Definition of attack

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Attack (v. t.) To begin to affect; to begin to act upon, injuriously or destructively; to begin to decompose or waste..

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Attack :: Attack (n.) The beginning of corrosive, decomposing, or destructive action, by a chemical agent..
Aggress :: Aggress (v. i.) To commit the first act of hostility or offense; to begin a quarrel or controversy; to make an attack; -- with on.
Push :: Push (v. i.) To make an advance, attack, or effort; to be energetic; as, a man must push in order to succeed..
Cannonade :: Cannonade (n.) The act of discharging cannon and throwing ball, shell, etc., for the purpose of destroying an army, or battering a town, ship, or fort; -- usually, an attack of some continuance..
Fortify :: Fortify (v. t.) To strengthen and secure by forts or batteries, or by surrounding with a wall or ditch or other military works; to render defensible against an attack by hostile forces..
Ambush :: Ambush (v. t.) A disposition or arrangement of troops for attacking an enemy unexpectedly from a concealed station. Hence: Unseen peril; a device to entrap; a snare.
Ambush :: Ambush (v. i.) To lie in wait, for the purpose of attacking by surprise; to lurk..
Souse :: Souse (v. t.) To swoop or plunge, as a bird upon its prey; to fall suddenly; to rush with speed; to make a sudden attack..
Crusade :: Crusade (v. i.) To engage in a crusade; to attack in a zealous or hot-headed manner.
Strong :: Strong (superl.) Solid; tough; not easily broken or injured; able to withstand violence; able to sustain attacks; not easily subdued or taken; as, a strong beam; a strong rock; a strong fortress or town..
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..
Attack :: Attack (n.) A setting to work upon some task, etc..
Strength :: Strength (n.) Power of resisting attacks; impregnability.
Offer :: Offer (v. t.) To put in opposition to; to manifest in an offensive way; to threaten; as, to offer violence, attack, etc..
Belfry :: Belfry (n.) A movable tower erected by besiegers for purposes of attack and defense.
Attack :: Attack (v. i.) To make an onset or attack.
Fortitude :: Fortitude (n.) Power to resist attack; strength; firmness.
Caribe :: Caribe (n.) A south American fresh water fish of the genus Serrasalmo of many species, remarkable for its voracity. When numerous they attack man or beast, often with fatal results..
Aggressive :: Aggressive (a.) Tending or disposed to aggress; characterized by aggression; making assaults; unjustly attacking; as, an aggressive policy, war, person, nation..
Fence :: Fence (v. i.) To practice the art of attack and defense with the sword or with the foil, esp. with the smallsword, using the point only..
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