attack

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Singular
attack

Plural
attacks

attack (plural attacks)

  1. An attempt to cause damage or injury to, or to somehow detract from the worth or credibility of, a person, position, idea, object, or thing, by physical, verbal, emotional, or other assault.
  2. A time in which one attacks. The offence of a battle.
  3. (cricket) Collectively, the bowlers of a cricket side.
  4. (volleyball) Any contact with the ball other than a serve or block which sends the ball across the plane of the net.
  5. (lacrosse) The three attackmen on the field or all the attackmen of a team.
  6. (medicine) The sudden onset of a disease.
  7. (audio) The amount of time it takes for the volume of an audio signal to go from zero to maximum level (e.g. an audio waveform representing a snare drum hit would feature a very fast attack, whereas that of a wave washing to shore would feature a slow attack).

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Infinitive
to attack

Third person singular
attacks

Simple past
attacked

Past participle
attacked

Present participle
attacking

to attack (third-person singular simple present attacks, present participle attacking, simple past and past participle attacked)

  1. (transitive) To apply violent force to someone or something.
  2. (transitive) To aggressively challenge a person, idea, etc., with words (particularly in newspaper headlines, because it typesets into less space than "criticize" or similar).
  3. (transitive, cricket) To aim balls at the batsman’s wicket.
  4. (intransitive, cricket) To set a field, or bowl in a manner designed to get wickets.
  5. (intransitive, cricket) To bat aggressively, so as to score runs quickly.

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Borrowed from French attaque, which is derived from the French verb attaquer. Cognate with English attack, Italian attacca and German Attacke.

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Inflection for attack Singular Plural
common Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative attack attacken attacker attackerna
Genitive attacks attackens attackers attackernas

attack c.

  1. attack; an attempt to cause damage
  2. attack; offense of a battle

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