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Definition attack

Etymology

Borrowed from French attaque, derived from the verb attaquer, from Italian attaccare (�to join, attach�) (used in attaccare battaglia (�to join battle�)), from Frankish *stakka (�stick�). Doublet of attach.

Noun

attack (plural attacks)

  1. An attempt to cause damage, injury to, or death of opponent or enemy.
  2. An attempt to detract from the worth or credibility of, a person, position, idea, object, or thing, by physical, verbal, emotional, or other assault.
  3. A time in which one attacks; the offence of a battle.
  4. (informal, by extension) The beginning of active operations on anything.
  5. (computing) An attempt to exploit a vulnerability in a computer system.
  6. (cricket) Collectively, the bowlers of a cricket side.
  7. (volleyball) Any contact with the ball other than a serve or block which sends the ball across the plane of the net.
  8. (lacrosse) The three attackmen on the field or all the attackmen of a team.
  9. (medicine) The sudden onset of a disease or condition.
  10. An active episode of a chronic or recurrent disease.
  11. (music) The onset of a musical note, particularly with respect to the strength (and duration) of that onset.
  12. (audio) The amount of time it takes for the volume of an audio signal to go from zero to maximum level (e.g. an audio waveform representing a snare drum hit would feature a very fast attack, whereas that of a wave washing to shore would feature a slow attack).

Verb

attack (third-person singular simple present attacks, present participle attacking, simple past and past participle attacked)

  1. (transitive) To apply violent force to someone or something.
  2. (transitive) To aggressively challenge a person, idea, etc., with words (particularly in newspaper headlines, because it typesets into less space than "criticize" or similar).
  3. (transitive) To begin to affect; to act upon injuriously or destructively; to begin to decompose or waste.
  4. (transitive) To deal with something in a direct way; to set to work upon.
  5. (transitive, cricket) To aim balls at the batsman�s wicket.
  6. (intransitive, cricket) To set a field, or bowl in a manner designed to get wickets.
  7. (intransitive, cricket) To bat aggressively, so as to score runs quickly.
  8. (soccer) To move forward in an active attempt to score a point, as opposed to trying not to concede.
  9. (cycling) To accelerate quickly in an attempt to get ahead of the other riders.

Results 38 Words with the letters ATTACK

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14 letter words with the letters ATTACK ↑
BACKSCATTERING 30
COUNTERATTACKS 26
STRAIGHTJACKET 34
STRAITJACKETED 31
13 letter words with the letters ATTACK ↑
BACKSCATTERED 27
COUNTERATTACK 25
STRAITJACKETS 29
12 letter words with the letters ATTACK ↑
BACKSCATTERS 25
STRAITJACKET 28
11 letter words with the letters ATTACK ↑
BACKSCATTER 24
REATTACKING 21
10 letter words with the letters ATTACK ↑
POSTATTACK 20
REATTACKED 18
9 letter words with the letters ATTACK ↑
ATTACKERS 16
ATTACKING 19
ATTACKMAN 20
ATTACKMEN 20
KATABATIC 19
REATTACKS 16
8 letter words with the letters ATTACK ↑
ATTACKED 16
ATTACKER 15
REATTACK 15
7 letter words with the letters ATTACK ↑
ATTACKS 14
6 letter words with the letters ATTACK ↑
ATTACK 13
4 letter words with the letters ATTACK ↑
ACTA 7
KATA 8
TACK 11
TACT 7
TAKA 8
3 letter words with the letters ATTACK ↑
ACT 6
ATT 3
CAT 6
KAT 7
TAT 3
2 letter words with the letters ATTACK ↑
AA 2
AT 2
KA 6
TA 2

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