attack
verb
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/əˈtæk/ us
/əˈtæk/attack verb (HURT)
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- Her voice shook as she spoke about the person who attacked her.
- He attacked the man with a broken bottle.
- She used to love cats but one attacked her and she doesn't like them anymore.
- The army has been criticized for attacking the unarmed civilian population.
- Earlier today a man was arrested for attacking a motorist in a road rage incident.
attack verb (CRITICIZE)
Synonyms
- criticizeHe criticized the government's handling of the crisis.
- attackShe wrote an article attacking the judge and the way the trial had been conducted.
- condemnShe was condemned for her comments about the candidate.
- denounceThe government's economic policy has been denounced on all sides.
- come under fireThe government programme has come under fire for mismanaging funds.
attack verb (DAMAGE)
attack verb (SPORT)
attack verb (DEAL WITH)
- addressable
- approach
- attend to someone/something
- be all over it idiom
- beard the lion (in his/her den) idiom
- bed
- cut
- grip
- have it out with someone idiom
- hold
- hold on idiom
- I/I've got this idiom
- ill-prepared
- square
- tend to someone/something
- to get a handle on something idiom
- to have a handle on something idiom
- tough
- tough something out
- weather
attack
noun
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/əˈtæk/ us
/əˈtæk/attack noun (VIOLENT ACT)
- The terrorist attack on the UN building has shocked the civilized world.
- The submarine dived just in time to avoid the enemy attack.
- The police have to arm themselves against attack.
- An 80-year-old woman was badly hurt in what the police describe as an apparently motiveless attack .
- The rebel headquarters took a direct hit from a bomb during the attack.
attack noun (ILLNESS)
attack noun (SPORT)
- anchorman
- attacker
- back four
- baller
- ballplayer
- competitor
- jumper
- letterman
- logroller
- long-jumper
- longboarder
- major league
- opponent
- retire
- striker
- torero
- toxophilite
- traceur
- trampolinist
- trialist
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