Attack

(noun.) a decisive manner of beginning a musical tone or phrase.

(noun.) an offensive move in a sport or game; 'they won the game with a 10-hit attack in the 9th inning'.

(noun.) the act of attacking; 'attacks on women increased last year'; 'they made an attempt on his life'.

(noun.) (military) an offensive against an enemy (using weapons); 'the attack began at dawn'.

(noun.) strong criticism; 'he published an unexpected attack on my work'.

(noun.) the onset of a corrosive or destructive process (as by a chemical agent); 'the film was sensitive to attack by acids'; 'open to attack by the elements'.

(noun.) a sudden occurrence of an uncontrollable condition; 'an attack of diarrhea'.

(verb.) begin to injure; 'The cancer cells are attacking his liver'; 'Rust is attacking the metal'.

(verb.) set to work upon; turn one's energies vigorously to a task; 'I attacked the problem as soon as I got out of bed'.

(verb.) attack in speech or writing; 'The editors of the left-leaning paper attacked the new House Speaker'.

(verb.) take the initiative and go on the offensive; 'The Serbs attacked the village at night'; 'The visiting team started to attack'.

(verb.) launch an attack or assault on; begin hostilities or start warfare with; 'Hitler attacked Poland on September 1, 1939 and started World War II'; 'Serbian forces assailed Bosnian towns all week'.

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• I say this here for two reasons--because I hope to avoid the critical attack of the genuine Marxian specialist, and because the observation is, I believe, relevant to our subject. 沃尔特·李普曼. 政治序论.
• The attack was made and many shots fell within the fort, creating some consternation, as we now know. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U．S．格兰特的个人回忆录.
• Sherman responded to this attack on his lines of communication by directing one upon theirs. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U．S．格兰特的个人回忆录.
• You are preparing the attack? 欧内斯特·海明威. 丧钟为谁而鸣.
• But what did you hear about her second attack of faintness yesterday evening? 威尔基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
• Here he manoeuvred to give the impression that we were going to attack the left flank of Lee's army. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U．S．格兰特的个人回忆录.
• The time, however, was spent in strengthening the intrenchments and making our position generally more secure against a sudden attack. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U．S．格兰特的个人回忆录.
• Hence it was necessary to maintain a constant vigilance to defeat the insidious attacks of carping critics and others who would attempt to injure the Edison system by misleading statements. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
• I infer from what he told me that he is subject to such attacks. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
• There were heavy attacks on either side that ended in bloody repulses. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• Chloride of lime when exposed to the air and moisture slowly gives off chlorine, and can be used as a disinfectant because the gas thus set free attacks germs and destroys them. 伯莎M.克拉克. 科学通论.
• On the occasion when I was present one of the bulls was not turned aside by the attacks in the rear, the presentations of the red flag, etc. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U．S．格兰特的个人回忆录.
• But it has stood all attacks, and went on well, notwithstanding the Assembly repealed its charter. 本杰明·富兰克林. 富兰克林自传.
• It needed all Jane's steady mildness to bear these attacks with tolerable tranquillity. 简·奥斯汀. 傲慢与偏见.
• When Mrs. Sykes is afraid of the house being attacked and broke open--as she is every night--I get quite excited. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
• He was never ostracized--his prestige with the quieter citizens saved him from that; but he was attacked with increasing boldness and steadfastness. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• He attacked it from the European side, and with a great power of artillery. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• It was well we were not attacked in our march, for our arms were of the most ordinary sort, and our men could not keep the locks of their guns dry. 本杰明·富兰克林. 富兰克林自传.
• From the sound that we have heard they have attacked and been beaten off. 欧内斯特·海明威. 丧钟为谁而鸣.
• The stove stood near my desk, he attacked it; the little iron door was nearly dashed from its hinges, the fuel was made to fly. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 维莱特.
• He had defended the Sierra well and he wanted to be left alone there to defend it whenever it was attacked. 欧内斯特·海明威. 丧钟为谁而鸣.
• Are you attacking? 欧内斯特·海明威. 丧钟为谁而鸣.
• He did make exactly this move, attacking, however, the enemy through the belt of woods covering the west slope of the hill for a short distance. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U．S．格兰特的个人回忆录.
• All educational reformers, as we have had occasion to remark, are given to attacking the passivity of traditional education. 约翰·杜威. 民主与教育.
• I replied to the President that I had taken steps to prevent Lee from sending reinforcements to Early, by attacking the former where he was. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U．S．格兰特的个人回忆录.
• We had now become the attacking party. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U．S．格兰特的个人回忆录.
• If her aunt's feelings were against her, nothing could be hoped from attacking her understanding. 简·奥斯汀. 曼斯菲尔德庄园.
• THOMAS, Chattanooga: All preparations should be made for attacking the enemy's position on Missionary Ridge by Saturday at daylight. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U．S．格兰特的个人回忆录.

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