Synonym: assault, bombardment, charge, drive, offense, onslaught, push, raid, siege. Antonym: defend, defense, guard, protect, protection, safeguard. Similar words: attach, attach to, stack, tackle, at that time, gotta, cottage, pittance. Meaning: [ə'tæk] n. 1. (military) an offensive against an enemy (using weapons) 2. a sudden occurrence of an uncontrollable condition 3. intense adverse criticism 4. the act of attacking 5. an offensive move in a sport or game 6. the onset of a corrosive or destructive process (as by a chemical agent) 7. ideas or actions intended to deal with a problem or situation 8. a decisive manner of beginning a musical tone or phrase 9. strong criticism. v. 1. launch an attack or assault on; begin hostilities or start warfare with 2. attack in speech or writing 3. take the initiative and go on the offensive 4. attack someone physically or emotionally 5. set to work upon; turn one's energies vigorously to a task 6. begin to injure.
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2. He mustered up enough courage to attack the difficulty.
3. Our troops are now on the attack.
4. General Rattigan summoned reinforcements to help resist the attack.
5. He launched a determined attack on academic criticism.
6. The whole building was soon ablaze after the attack.
7. Then he unleashed his own, unstoppable, attack.
8. She was the innocent victim of an arson attack.
9. Doctors said surgery could induce a heart attack.
10. Our immediate response to the attack was sheer horror.
11. She launched into a blistering attack on her boss.
12. United looked woefully short of menace in attack.
13. She defended herself from the attack.
14. The Allies regrouped and launched a new attack.
15. The threat of attack has been greatly exaggerated.
16. She was the victim of a sickening attack.
17. The attack of flu left her feeling very groggy.
18. The newspaper toned down its attack.
19. The soldiers launched into a violent attack.
20. American troops formed the spearhead of the attack.
21. The cat hogged himself to attack a big dog.
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22. They fortified the area against attack.
23. The sentry defended the gate against sudden attack.
24. The rumours of an attack were later confirmed.
25. The attack on Charles was deeply unjust.
26. Three of his bodyguards were injured in the attack.
27. He suffered an attack of malaria and was delirious.
28. He was stabbed to death in a racist attack.
29. The army planned to attack enemy arsenals.
30. An attack of paralysis seized him.