Dictionary Entry
attack
attack is a 6-letter English word with 25 senses as transitive verb, intransitive verb, noun, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To fall upon with force; to assail, as with force and arms; to assault. Face value is 12 in Scrabble and 13 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
6 letters · Scrabble 12 · Words With Friends 13 · 25 senses
Definitions
- 1transitive verb
To fall upon with force; to assail, as with force and arms; to assault.
- 2transitive verb
To assail with unfriendly speech or writing; to begin a controversy with; to attempt to overthrow or bring into disrepute, by criticism or satire; to censure; as, to attack a man, or his opinions, in a pamphlet.
- 3transitive verb
To set to work upon, as upon a task or problem, or some object of labor or investigation.
- 4transitive verb
To begin to affect; to begin to act upon, injuriously or destructively; to begin to decompose or waste.
- 5intransitive verb
To make an onset or attack.
- 6noun
The act of attacking, or falling on with force or violence; an onset; an assault; -- opposed to defense.
- 7noun
An assault upon one's feelings or reputation with unfriendly or bitter words.
- 8noun
A setting to work upon some task, etc.
- 9noun
An access of disease; a fit of sickness.
- 10noun
The beginning of corrosive, decomposing, or destructive action, by a chemical agent.
- 11noun
a decisive manner of beginning a musical tone or phrase
- 12noun
an offensive move in a sport or game
"they won the game with a 10-hit attack in the 9th inning"
- 13noun
the act of attacking
"attacks on women increased last year"
"they made an attempt on his life"
Synonyms
- 14noun
ideas or actions intended to deal with a problem or situation
"his approach to every problem is to draw up a list of pros and cons"
"an attack on inflation"
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- 15noun
(military) an offensive against an enemy (using weapons)
"the attack began at dawn"
- 16noun
strong criticism
"he published an unexpected attack on my work"
- 17noun
intense adverse criticism
"Clinton directed his fire at the Republican Party"
"the government has come under attack"
- 18noun
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"
- 19noun
a sudden occurrence of an uncontrollable condition
"an attack of diarrhea"
- 20verb
begin to injure
"The cancer cells are attacking his liver"
"Rust is attacking the metal"
- 21verb
set to work upon; turn one's energies vigorously to a task
"I attacked the problem as soon as I got out of bed"
- 22verb
attack in speech or writing
"The editors of the left-leaning paper attacked the new House Speaker"
- 23verb
take the initiative and go on the offensive
"The Serbs attacked the village at night"
"The visiting team started to attack"
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- 24verb
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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- 25verb
attack someone physically or emotionally
"The mugger assaulted the woman"
"Nightmares assailed him regularly"
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