attack

/əˈtæk/ · noun

Meaning

An attempt to cause damage, injury to, or death of opponent or enemy.
An attempt to detract from the worth or credibility of, a person, position, idea, object, or thing, by physical, verbal, emotional, or other assault.
A time in which one attacks; the offence of a battle.
(by extension) The beginning of active operations on anything.
An attempt to exploit a vulnerability in a computer system.
Collectively, the bowlers of a cricket side.
To apply violent force to someone or something.
To aggressively challenge a person, idea, etc., with words (particularly in newspaper headlines, because it typesets into less space than "criticize" or similar).
To begin to affect; to act upon injuriously or destructively; to begin to decompose or waste.
To deal with something in a direct way; to set to work upon.
To aim balls at the batsman’s wicket.
To set a field, or bowl in a manner designed to get wickets.

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