Attack

[n] a decisive manner of beginning a musical tone or phrase
[n] an offensive move in a sport or game; "they won the game with a 10-hit attack in the 9th inning"
[n] the act of attacking; "attacks on women increased last year"; "they made an attempt on his life"
[n] ideas or actions intended to deal with a problem or situation; "his approach to every problem is to draw up a list of pros and cons"; "an attack on inflation"; "his plan of attack was misguided"
[n] an offensive against and enemy (using weapons); "the attack began at dawn"
[n] strong criticism; "he published an unexpected attack on my work"
[n] intense adverse criticism; "Clinton directed his fire at the Republican Party"; "the government has come under attack"; "don't give me any flak"
[n] the onset of a corrosive or destructive process (as by a chemical agent); "the film was sensitive to attack by acids"; "open to attack by the elements"
[n] a sudden occurrence of an uncontrollable condition; "an attack of diarrhea"
[v] begin to injure; "The cancer cells are attacking his liver"; "Rust is attacking the metal"
[v] set to work upon; turn one's energies vigorously to a task; "I attacked the problem as soon as I got out of bed"
[v] attack verbally, in speech or writing; "The editors of the left-leaning paper attacked the new House Speaker"
[v] take the initiative and go on the offensive; "The Serbs attacked the village at night"; "The visiting team started to attack"
[v] 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"
[v] attack someone physically or emotionally; "The mugger assaulted the woman"; "Nightmares assailed him regularly"

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Synonyms

aggress, approach, assail, assault, assault, attempt, blast, fire, flack, flak, lash out, onrush, onset, onslaught, plan of attack, round, set on, snipe, tone-beginning

Antonyms

defend

Related Terms

abdominal epilepsy, abuse, accept, access, acquired epilepsy, action, activated epilepsy, activation, affect, affect epilepsy, affection, aggression, aggressiveness, ailment, akinetic epilepsy, algorithm, all-out war, ambush, amok, apoplexy, appeal to arm