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(verb) begin to injure; "The cancer cells are attacking his liver"; "Rust is attacking the metal" |
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Related Words: affect |
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(noun) a decisive manner of beginning a musical tone or phrase |
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Synonyms: tone-beginning |
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Related Words: beginning, commencement, start |
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(verb) set to work upon; turn one's energies vigorously to a task; "I attacked the problem as soon as I got out of bed" |
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Related Words: begin, commence, get, set about, set out, start, start out |
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(noun) an offensive move in a sport or game; "they won the game with a 10-hit attack in the 9th inning" |
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Related Words: play, turn |
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(noun) an assault on someone; "they made an attempt on his life" |
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Synonyms: attempt |
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Related Words: assault, assault and battery, battery |
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(verb) attack verbally, in speech or writing; "The editors of the left-leaning paper attacked the new House Speaker" |
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Synonyms: assail, assault, lash out, round, snipe |
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Related Words: abuse, barrage, blackguard, blister, clapperclaw, claw, criticise, criticize, pick apart, rubbish, shout, whang, whip |
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(noun) the beginning of an offensive; "the attack began at dawn" |
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Synonyms: onrush, onset, onslaught |
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Related Words: banzai attack, banzai charge, blitz, bombardment, bombing, charge, counterattack, countermove, coup de main, diversion, diversionary attack, fire, firing, ground attack, incursion, operation, penetration, strike, surprise attack |
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(verb) take the initiative and go on the offensive: "The Serbs attacked the village at night"; "The visting team started to attack" |
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Synonyms: aggress |
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Related Words: act, check, fork, move, pin, tackle |
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(verb) launch an attack or assault on; begin hostilities with, as in warfare; "Hitler attacked Poland on September 1, 1939 and started World War II"; "Serbian forces assailed Bosnian towns all week" |
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Synonyms: assail |
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Related Words: beleaguer, besiege, blitz, bomb, bombard, bust, cannonade, circumvent, counterattack, counterstrike, fight, gas, hem in, hit, invade, occupy, pelt, pepper, raid, storm, strike, struggle, surprise, surround, torpedo |
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Antonyms: defend |
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(noun) turning your attention to a problem or a job etc.; "his attack on the problem was misguided"; "he did not make a direct assault on her affections" |
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Synonyms: assault |
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Related Words: attending, attention |
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(noun) a sudden occurrence of an uncontrollable condition; "an attack of diarrhea" |
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Related Words: affliction, anxiety attack, fit, heart attack, hysterics, ictus, occlusion, paroxysm, seizure, spot, touch |
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(noun) a formulation adopted in tackling a problem; "his approach to every problem is to draw up a list of pros and cons" |
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Synonyms: approach, plan of attack |
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Related Words: avenue, conceptualisation, conceptualization, formularising, formularizing, formulation |
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(satellite adjective) used in an attack; "assault weapons", "attack planes" |
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Synonyms: assault |
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(noun) intense adverse criticism; "Clinton directed his fire at Jesse Helms" |
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Synonyms: blast, fire, flak |
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Related Words: criticism, unfavorable judgment |
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(verb) attack someone physically or emotionally; "The mugger assulted the woman"; "Nightmares assailed him regularly" |
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Synonyms: assail, assault, set on |
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Related Words: bait, beset, bulldog, desecrate, dishonor, dishonour, jump, molest, outrage, profane, rape, ravish, reassail, rush, set, set upon, sic, violate |
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