| Attack |
v. t. |
To fall upon with force; to assail, as with force and arms; to assault. |
| Attack |
v. t. |
To assail with unfriendly speech or writing; to begin a controversy with; to attempt to overthrow or bring into disrepute, by criticism or satire; to censure; as, to attack a man, or his opinions, in a pamphlet. |
| Attack |
v. t. |
To set to work upon, as upon a task or problem, or some object of labor or investigation. |
| Attack |
v. t. |
To begin to affect; to begin to act upon, injuriously or destructively; to begin to decompose or waste. |
| Attack |
v. i. |
To make an onset or attack. |
| Attack |
n. |
The act of attacking, or falling on with force or violence; an onset; an assault;
opposed to defense. |
| Attack |
n. |
An assault upon one's feelings or reputation with unfriendly or bitter words. |
| Attack |
n. |
A setting to work upon some task, etc. |
| Attack |
n. |
An access of disease; a fit of sickness. |
| Attack |
n. |
The beginning of corrosive, decomposing, or destructive action, by a chemical agent. |
| Attackable |
a. |
Capable of being attacked. |
| Attacked |
imp. & p. p. |
of Attack |
| Attacker |
n. |
One who attacks. |
| Attacking |
p. pr. & vb. n. |
of Attack |
