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attack
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English
1.1
Adjective
1.1.1
Sense: used in or for attacking
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Synonyms
1.2
Antonyms
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Noun
1.3.1
Sense: an attempt to injure, through violent force, a person or object; an assault
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Synonyms
1.3.1.2
Antonyms
1.4
Verb
1.4.1
Sense: transitive: to apply violent force to a person or object
1.4.1.1
Synonyms
1.4.1.2
Idioms
1.4.1.3
Antonyms
1.4.2
Sense: intransitive: to make an attack; to launch an assault
1.4.2.1
Synonyms
1.4.2.2
Antonyms
1.5
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Adjective
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Sense: used in or for attacking
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Synonyms
assault
offensive
shock
storm
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Antonyms
defensive
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Noun
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Sense: an attempt to injure, through violent force, a person or object; an assault
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Synonyms
aggression
assailment
assault
attempt
offense
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offensive
onrush
onset
onslaught
strike
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Antonyms
defense
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defence
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Verb
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Sense: transitive: to apply violent force to a person or object
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Synonyms
assault
beleaguer
beset
besiege
bombard
charge
fall on
fall upon
lay into
rush
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set upon
storm
strike
strike at
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Idioms
let one have it
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Antonyms
defend
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Sense: intransitive: to make an attack; to launch an assault
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Synonyms
assault
begin hostilities
charge
strike
storm
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Antonyms
defend
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External links
“
attack
” in
Roget's Thesaurus
, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.
“
attack
” in
Moby Thesaurus II
, Grady Ward, 1996.
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