Main entry: attack, tone-beginning
Definition: a decisive manner of beginning a musical tone or phrase
Main entry: attack
Definition: an offensive move in a sport or game
Usage: they won the game with a 10-hit attack in the 9th inning
Definition: the act of attacking
Usage: attacks on women increased last year; they made an attempt on his life
Main entry: approach, attack, plan of attack
Definition: ideas or actions intended to deal with a problem or situation
Usage: his approach to every problem is to draw up a list of pros and cons; an attack on inflation; his plan of attack was misguided
Main entry: onrush, onset, onslaught, attack
Definition: (military) an offensive against an enemy (using weapons)
Usage: the attack began at dawn
Main entry: attack
Definition: strong criticism
Usage: he published an unexpected attack on my work
Main entry: fire, flack, flak, attack, blast
Definition: intense adverse criticism
Usage: Clinton directed his fire at the Republican Party; the government has come under attack; don't give me any flak
Main entry: attack
Definition: the onset of a corrosive or destructive process (as by a chemical agent)
Usage: the film was sensitive to attack by acids; open to attack by the elements
Main entry: attack
Definition: a sudden occurrence of an uncontrollable condition
Usage: an attack of diarrhea
Main entry: attack
Definition: begin to injure
Usage: The cancer cells are attacking his liver; Rust is attacking the metal
Main entry: attack
Definition: set to work upon; turn one's energies vigorously to a task
Usage: I attacked the problem as soon as I got out of bed
Main entry: snipe, round, assail, assault, attack, lash out
Definition: attack in speech or writing
Usage: The editors of the left-leaning paper attacked the new House Speaker
Definition: take the initiative and go on the offensive
Usage: The Serbs attacked the village at night; The visiting team started to attack
Definition: launch an attack or assault on; begin hostilities or start warfare with
Usage: Hitler attacked Poland on September 1, 1939 and started World War II; Serbian forces assailed Bosnian towns all week
Main entry: set on, assail, assault, attack
Definition: attack someone physically or emotionally
Usage: The mugger assaulted the woman; Nightmares assailed him regularly