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/əˈtæk/ · noun
An attempt to cause damage, injury to, or death of an opponent or enemy..
From 1906 to 1960, there were forty-six recorded shark attacks, half of which were fatal.
One particularly damaging, but often ignored, effect of conflict on education is the proliferation of attacks on schools[…]as children, teachers or school buildings become the targets of attacks. Parents fear sending their children to school. Girls are particularly vulnerable to sexual violence.
They claimed the censorship of the article was an attack on free speech.
“I came down like a wolf on the fold, didn’t I ? Why didn’t I telephone ? Strategy, my dear boy, strategy. This is a surprise attack, and I’d no wish that the garrison, forewarned, should escape. …”
The army timed their attack to coincide with the local celebrations.
Having washed the plates from dinner, I made an attack on the laundry.
birthday attack; denial-of-service attack
I've had an attack of the flu.
Use attack when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Attack means An attempt to cause damage, injury to, or death of an opponent or enemy..
Common synonyms include abuse, aggress, assail, assault.
Possible antonyms include defend, decay, release.
From 1906 to 1960, there were forty-six recorded shark attacks, half of which were fatal.
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