Definition of attack

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Attack (n.) The act of attacking, or falling on with force or violence; an onset; an assault; -- opposed to defense..

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Thrust :: Thrust (v. i.) To make a push; to attack with a pointed weapon; as, a fencer thrusts at his antagonist..
Sally :: Sally (v.) A rushing or bursting forth; a quick issue; a sudden eruption; specifically, an issuing of troops from a place besieged to attack the besiegers; a sortie..
Muscule :: Muscule (n.) A long movable shed used by besiegers in ancient times in attacking the walls of a fortified town.
Access :: Access (n.) An onset, attack, or fit of disease..
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.
Assailant :: Assailant (a.) Assailing; attacking.
Attackable :: Attackable (a.) Capable of being attacked.
Rally :: Rally (v. t.) To attack with raillery, either in good humor and pleasantry, or with slight contempt or satire..
Mantelet :: Mantelet (n.) A musket-proof shield of rope, wood, or metal, which is sometimes used for the protection of sappers or riflemen while attacking a fortress, or of gunners at embrasures; -- now commonly written mantlet..
Assailment :: Assailment (n.) The act or power of assailing; attack; assault.
Flank :: Flank (v. t.) To overlook or command the flank of; to secure or guard the flank of; to pass around or turn the flank of; to attack, or threaten to attack; the flank of..
Escalade :: Escalade (v. t.) A furious attack made by troops on a fortified place, in which ladders are used to pass a ditch or mount a rampart..
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..
Defenseless :: Defenseless (a.) Destitute of defense; unprepared to resist attack; unable to oppose; unprotected.
Aggressor :: Aggressor (n.) The person who first attacks or makes an aggression; he who begins hostility or a quarrel; an assailant.
Illapse :: Illapse (v. i.) A gliding in; an immisson or entrance of one thing into another; also, a sudden descent or attack..
Attempt :: Attempt (v. t.) To attack; to make an effort or attack upon; to try to take by force; as, to attempt the enemy's camp..
Violent :: Violent (a.) Acting, characterized, or produced by unjust or improper force; outrageous; unauthorized; as, a violent attack on the right of free speech..
Sciatica :: Sciatica (n.) Neuralgia of the sciatic nerve, an affection characterized by paroxysmal attacks of pain in the buttock, back of the thigh, or in the leg or foot, following the course of the branches of the sciatic nerve. The name is also popularly applied to various painful affections of the hip and the parts adjoining it. See Ischiadic passion, under Ischiadic..
Indirect :: Indirect (a.) Not tending to an aim, purpose, or result by the plainest course, or by obvious means, but obliquely or consequentially; by remote means; as, an indirect accusation, attack, answer, or proposal..
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