attack

I

n.

assault

(also fig.)

1) to carry out, make; launch, mount; lead, spearhead; press an attack

2) to provoke an attack

3) to blunt; break up, repel, repulse an attack

4) (often mil.) an all-out, concerted, full-scale; coordinated; mock; pre-emptive; sneak, surprise attack

5) (usu. mil.) an air; enemy; flank; frontal; torpedo attack

6) a bitter, blistering, savage, scathing, sharp, violent; scurrilous, vicious; unprovoked; wanton attack

7) an attack fails, fizzles out; succeeds

8) an attack against, on (our forces launched an all-out attack against the enemy; he made a blistering attack on his opponent)

9) under attack

onset of an ailment

10) to have an attack (she had an attack of hiccups)

11) an acute; light, slight; recurrent; sudden attack

12) a fatal; heart attack

II

v. to attack viciously

* * *

[ə'tæk]

blistering. savage

break up

concerted

coordinated

enemy flank

fizzles out

frontal

full-scale

heart attack

launch

lead

light

make

mock

mount

pre-emptive

press an attack

recurrent

repel

repulse an attack

scathing

scurrilous

sharp

slight

sneak

spearhead

succeeds

sudden attack

surprise attack

torpedo attack

unprovoked

vicious

violent

wanton attack

on (our forces launched an all-out attack against the enemy; he made a blistering attack on his opponent)

(often mil.) an all-out

(usu. mil.) an air

['assault'] (also fig.) to carry out

a bitter

a fatal

an acute

an attack against

an attack fails

to blunt

to provoke an attack

to attack viciously

under attack

['onset of an ailment'] to have an attack (she had an attack of hiccups)