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Battery :: Battery (v. t.) Any place where cannon or mortars are mounted, for attack or defense..

Draught :: Draught (n.) A sudden attack or drawing upon an enemy.

Oppugn :: Oppugn (v. t.) To fight against; to attack; to be in conflict with; to oppose; to resist.

Barrier :: Barrier (n.) An any obstruction; anything which hinders approach or attack.

Fortification :: Fortification (n.) That which fortifies; especially, a work or works erected to defend a place against attack; a fortified place; a fortress; a fort; a castle..

Cannonade :: Cannonade (v. t.) To attack with heavy artillery; to batter with cannon shot.

Offer :: Offer (v. t.) To put in opposition to; to manifest in an offensive way; to threaten; as, to offer violence, attack, etc..

Arest :: Arest (n.) A support for the spear when couched for the attack.

Fortify :: Fortify (v. t.) To add strength to; to strengthen; to confirm; to furnish with power to resist attack.

Fence :: Fence (n.) That which fends off attack or danger; a defense; a protection; a cover; security; shield.

Offend :: Offend (v. t.) To strike against; to attack; to assail.

Guard :: Guard (v. t.) One who, or that which, guards from injury, danger, exposure, or attack; defense; protection..

Impugnation :: Impugnation (n.) Act of impugning; opposition; attack.

Machicolation :: Machicolation (n.) An opening between the corbels which support a projecting parapet, or in the floor of a gallery or the roof of a portal, shooting or dropping missiles upen assailants attacking the base of the walls. Also, the construction of such defenses, in general, when of this character. See Illusts. of Battlement and Castle..

Fence :: Fence (v. i.) To make a defense; to guard one's self of anything, as against an attack; to give protection or security, as by a fence..

Hawk :: Hawk (v. i.) To make an attack while on the wing; to soar and strike like a hawk; -- generally with at; as, to hawk at flies..

Withstand :: Withstand (prep.) To stand against; to oppose; to resist, either with physical or moral force; as, to withstand an attack of troops; to withstand eloquence or arguments..

Charge :: Charge (v. t.) To bear down upon; to rush upon; to attack.

Envious :: Envious (a.) Feeling or exhibiting envy; actuated or directed by, or proceeding from, envy; -- said of a person, disposition, feeling, act, etc.; jealously pained by the excellence or good fortune of another; maliciously grudging; -- followed by of, at, and against; as, an envious man, disposition, attack; envious tongues..

Rot :: Rot (n.) A fatal distemper which attacks sheep and sometimes other animals. It is due to the presence of a parasitic worm in the liver or gall bladder. See 1st Fluke, 2..

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