meaning of attack
1. To fall upon with force; to assail, as with force and arms; to assault.
2. 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.
3. To set to work upon, as upon a task or problem, or some object of labor or investigation.
4. To begin to affect; to begin to act upon, injuriously or destructively; to begin to decompose or waste.
5. To make an onset or attack.
6. The act of attacking, or falling on with force or violence; an onset; an assault; -- opposed to defense.
7. An assault upon ones feelings or reputation with unfriendly or bitter words.
8. A setting to work upon some task, etc.
9. An access of disease; a fit of sickness.
10. The beginning of corrosive, decomposing, or destructive action, by a chemical agent.
Related Words
attack | attackable | attacked | attacker | attacking |
