Definition of attack

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Attack (n.) The beginning of corrosive, decomposing, or destructive action, by a chemical agent..

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Orgue :: Orgue (n.) Any one of a number of long, thick pieces of timber, pointed and shod with iron, and suspended, each by a separate rope, over a gateway, to be let down in case of attack..
Undertake :: Undertake (v. t.) To engage with; to attack.
Singly :: Singly (adv.) Without partners, companions, or associates; single-handed; as, to attack another singly..
Wheatworm :: Wheatworm (n.) A small nematode worm (Anguillula tritici) which attacks the grains of wheat in the ear. It is found in wheat affected with smut, each of the diseased grains containing a large number of the minute young of the worm..
Bate :: Bate (v. t.) To attack; to bait.
Weed :: Weed (n.) A sudden illness or relapse, often attended with fever, which attacks women in childbed..
Strong :: Strong (superl.) Solid; tough; not easily broken or injured; able to withstand violence; able to sustain attacks; not easily subdued or taken; as, a strong beam; a strong rock; a strong fortress or town..
Betongue :: Betongue (v. t.) To attack with the tongue; to abuse; to insult.
Refuse :: Refuse (v. t.) To throw back, or cause to keep back (as the center, a wing, or a flank), out of the regular aligment when troops ar/ about to engage the enemy; as, to refuse the right wing while the left wing attacks..
Fit :: Fit (n.) A sudden and violent attack of a disorder; a stroke of disease, as of epilepsy or apoplexy, which produces convulsions or unconsciousness; a convulsion; a paroxysm; hence, a period of exacerbation of a disease; in general, an attack of disease; as, a fit of sickness..
Attack :: 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..
Manoeuvre :: Manoeuvre (n.) To perform a movement or movements in military or naval tactics; to make changes in position with reference to getting advantage in attack or defense.
Issue :: Issue (v. i.) To go out; to rush out; to sally forth; as, troops issued from the town, and attacked the besiegers..
Offer :: Offer (v. t.) To put in opposition to; to manifest in an offensive way; to threaten; as, to offer violence, attack, etc..
Earthwork :: Earthwork (n.) Any construction, whether a temporary breastwork or permanent fortification, for attack or defense, the material of which is chiefly earth..
Push :: Push (n.) An assault or attack; an effort; an attempt; hence, the time or occasion for action..
Oppugner :: Oppugner (n.) One who opposes or attacks; that which opposes.
Muscule :: Muscule (n.) A long movable shed used by besiegers in ancient times in attacking the walls of a fortified town.
Bombard :: Bombard (v. t.) To attack with bombards or with artillery; especially, to throw shells, hot shot, etc., at or into..
Forearm :: Forearm (v. t.) To arm or prepare for attack or resistance before the time of need.
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