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

1. transitive verb. To fall upon with force; to assail, as with force and arms; to assault.
2. transitive 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.
3. transitive verb. To set to work upon, as upon a task or problem, or some object of labor or investigation.
4. transitive verb. To begin to affect; to begin to act upon, injuriously or destructively; to begin to decompose or waste.
5. intransitive verb. To make an onset or attack.
6. noun. The act of attacking, or falling on with force or violence; an onset; an assault; -- opposed to defense.
7. noun. An assault upon one's feelings or reputation with unfriendly or bitter words.
8. noun. A setting to work upon some task, etc.
9. noun. An access of disease; a fit of sickness.
10. noun. The beginning of corrosive, decomposing, or destructive action, by a chemical agent.
11. noun. a decisive manner of beginning a musical tone or phrase
12. noun. an offensive move in a sport or game

    "they won the game with a 10-hit attack in the 9th inning"

13. noun. the act of attacking

    "attacks on women increased last year"

    "they made an attempt on his life"

    Synonyms: attempt

14. noun. 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"

    Synonyms: approach

15. noun. (military) an offensive against an enemy (using weapons)

    "the attack began at dawn"

    Synonyms: onrush, onset, onslaught

16. noun. strong criticism

    "he published an unexpected attack on my work"

17. noun. intense adverse criticism

    "Clinton directed his fire at the Republican Party"

    "the government has come under attack"

    Synonyms: blast, fire, flack, flak

18. 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"

19. noun. a sudden occurrence of an uncontrollable condition

    "an attack of diarrhea"

20. verb. begin to injure

    "The cancer cells are attacking his liver"

    "Rust is attacking the metal"

21. 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"

22. verb. attack in speech or writing

    "The editors of the left-leaning paper attacked the new House Speaker"

    Synonyms: assail, assault, round, snipe

23. verb. take the initiative and go on the offensive

    "The Serbs attacked the village at night"

    "The visiting team started to attack"

    Synonyms: aggress

24. 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"

    Synonyms: assail

25. verb. attack someone physically or emotionally

    "The mugger assaulted the woman"

    "Nightmares assailed him regularly"

    Synonyms: assail, assault

Synonyms

attempt, approach, onrush, onset, onslaught, blast, fire, flack, flak, assail, assault, round, snipe, aggress

Common word forms

attacks, attacked, attacker, attacking, attackable

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