attack

Etymology
Borrowed from, derived from the verb , from (used in ), from. . Displaced native and.

Noun

 * 1) An attempt to cause damage, injury to, or death of opponent or enemy.
 * 2) An attempt to detract from the worth or credibility of, a person, position, idea, object, or thing, by physical, verbal, emotional, or other assault.
 * 3) A time in which one attacks; the offence of a battle.
 * 4)  The beginning of active operations on anything.
 * Having washed the plates from dinner, I made an attack on the laundry.
 * 1)  An attempt to exploit a vulnerability in a computer system.
 * birthday attack; denial-of-service attack
 * 1)  Collectively, the bowlers of a cricket side.
 * 2)  Any contact with the ball other than a serve or block which sends the ball across the plane of the net.
 * 3)  The three attackmen on the field or all the attackmen of a team.
 * 4)  The sudden onset of a disease or condition.
 * 5) An active episode of a chronic or recurrent disease.
 * 6)  The onset of a musical note, particularly with respect to the strength (and duration) of that onset.
 * 7)  The amount of time it takes for the volume of an audio signal to go from zero to maximum level (e.g. an audio waveform representing a snare drum hit would feature a very fast attack, whereas that of a wave washing to shore would feature a slow attack).
 * 8)  One of several specific maneuvers, skills, or special abilities that a character can use to inflict damage against opponents.
 * 1)  The three attackmen on the field or all the attackmen of a team.
 * 2)  The sudden onset of a disease or condition.
 * 3) An active episode of a chronic or recurrent disease.
 * 4)  The onset of a musical note, particularly with respect to the strength (and duration) of that onset.
 * 5)  The amount of time it takes for the volume of an audio signal to go from zero to maximum level (e.g. an audio waveform representing a snare drum hit would feature a very fast attack, whereas that of a wave washing to shore would feature a slow attack).
 * 6)  One of several specific maneuvers, skills, or special abilities that a character can use to inflict damage against opponents.
 * 1)  The amount of time it takes for the volume of an audio signal to go from zero to maximum level (e.g. an audio waveform representing a snare drum hit would feature a very fast attack, whereas that of a wave washing to shore would feature a slow attack).
 * 2)  One of several specific maneuvers, skills, or special abilities that a character can use to inflict damage against opponents.
 * 1)  One of several specific maneuvers, skills, or special abilities that a character can use to inflict damage against opponents.

Synonyms

 * See also Thesaurus:attack

Translations

 * Afrikaans: aanval
 * Albanian:
 * Amharic: መምታት
 * Amharic: ማጥቃት
 * Arabic: هُجُوم هَجْمَة, حَمْلَة
 * Armenian:
 * Azerbaijani: həmlə,
 * Bashkir: һөжүм
 * Basque:
 * Belarusian: напа́д, нападзе́нне
 * Bengali: ,
 * Breton: ,
 * Bulgarian:
 * Catalan:
 * Chechen:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Cornish: omsettyans
 * Czech:, napadení
 * Danish:
 * Dutch: ,
 * Esperanto: atako, agreso
 * Estonian: kallaletung
 * Finnish:, ,
 * French:
 * Galician: ataque
 * Georgian:, თავდასხმა, შეტევა
 * German: ,
 * Greek:
 * Ancient: προσβολή
 * Hebrew: הַתְקָפָה
 * Hindi: ,
 * Hungarian:
 * Icelandic:
 * Ido:
 * Irish: ionsaí, amas, aimsiú
 * Italian:
 * Japanese:
 * Kazakh: шабуыл
 * Korean:
 * Kurdish:
 * Northern Kurdish:
 * Kyrgyz:, качыруу, качырып кирүү, , чабуул жасоо, , атака кылуу, , таасирлөө,
 * Latin: impetus, aggressiō, impugnātiō
 * Latvian: uzbrukums
 * Lithuanian: ataka, puolimas
 * Macedonian: напад
 * Malay:
 * Malayalam:
 * Middle English: enemyte
 * Mongolian:
 * Cyrillic:
 * Ngazidja Comorian: shamɓulio
 * Norman: attaque
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål: angrep
 * Nynorsk: åtak, angrep
 * Occitan: atac
 * Odia: ଆକ୍ରମଣ
 * Old English: onrǣs
 * Pashto:, هجوم
 * Persian:, ,
 * Polish: ,
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian:
 * Russian: ,
 * Scottish Gaelic: ionnsaigh
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: на́пад
 * Roman:
 * Slovak: útok, napadnutie
 * Slovene:
 * Spanish:
 * Swahili: mashambulizi
 * Swedish: ,
 * Tajik: ҳамла, ҳуҷум, юриш
 * Tatar:
 * Telugu:
 * Thai:
 * Turkish:, ,
 * Turkmen: hüjüm
 * Ukrainian: на́пад
 * Urdu: حَمْلَہ, آکْرَمَن
 * Uyghur: ھۇجۇم
 * Uzbek: ,
 * Vietnamese: ,
 * Volapük:
 * Welsh: ymosodiad, cyrch
 * Yiddish: אַטאַקע, אַטאַק
 * Zazaki:, hıcum, hamle


 * Finnish: ,
 * Polish:


 * Albanian:
 * Armenian:
 * Basque: erasoaldi
 * Breton:
 * Bulgarian:, ,
 * Burmese:
 * Catalan:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Czech:
 * Danish:
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto: atako
 * Estonian: rünnak
 * Finnish: ,
 * French:
 * Galician: ataque
 * Georgian: შეტევა,, თავდასხმა, შტურმი
 * German: ,
 * Greek: ,
 * Ancient: προσβολή
 * Hebrew: מִתְקָפָה
 * Hindi:
 * Hungarian:
 * Indonesian: ,
 * Irish: ionsaí
 * Italian:
 * Japanese:
 * Korean:
 * Kurdish:
 * Central Kurdish: پەلەمار
 * Lao: ການໂຈມຕີ
 * Latin: impetus
 * Latvian:
 * Lithuanian:
 * Macedonian: атака, напад
 * Malay:
 * Maori: upokotaua, huaki, whakatoke , kōkiri , pāha
 * Norman: attaque
 * Old English: onrǣs
 * Old Norse: sókn
 * Persian:
 * Polish:, , , ,
 * Portuguese: ,
 * Romanian:
 * Russian:, , ,
 * Scottish Gaelic: ionnsaigh,
 * Slovak: útok
 * Slovene:
 * Sorbian:
 * Lower Sorbian: napad
 * Spanish:
 * Swahili: mashambulizi
 * Swedish: ,
 * Telugu:
 * Thai:
 * Turkish:, hücûm,
 * Ukrainian:, на́пад
 * Vietnamese: (sự 攻撃)
 * West Frisian: oanfal
 * Zazaki: hıcum, qılıbyen


 * Dutch: aanvalszijde
 * Finnish: hyökkääjät
 * Polish:


 * Dutch:
 * Finnish: iskulyönti
 * Polish:
 * Russian: ,


 * Finnish:
 * Polish:


 * Armenian:
 * Azerbaijani: tutma
 * Bulgarian:
 * Catalan:
 * Danish:
 * Estonian: haigushoog
 * Finnish: ,
 * Georgian: შეტევა
 * German:
 * Greek: ,
 * Indonesian:, ,
 * Ingrian: ammus
 * Irish: taom, ruaig
 * Italian:
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål:
 * Nynorsk: anfall
 * Plautdietsch: Aunfaul
 * Polish: ,
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian: ,
 * Slovene:
 * Spanish:
 * Welsh: pwl
 * Zazaki:


 * Catalan:
 * Finnish:
 * German:
 * Irish: ruaig
 * Plautdietsch: Aunfaul
 * Polish: ,


 * Finnish:
 * Greek:

Verb

 * 1)  To apply violent force to someone or something.
 * 2)  To aggressively challenge a person, idea, etc., with words (particularly in newspaper headlines, because it typesets into less space than "criticize" or similar).
 * 3)  To begin to affect; to act upon injuriously or destructively; to begin to decompose or waste.
 * 4)  To deal with something in a direct way; to set to work upon.
 * 5)  To aim balls at the batsman’s wicket.
 * 6)  To set a field, or bowl in a manner designed to get wickets.
 * 7)  To bat aggressively, so as to score runs quickly.
 * 8)  To move forward in an active attempt to score a point, as opposed to trying not to concede.
 * 9)  To accelerate quickly in an attempt to get ahead of the other riders.
 * 10)  (Of a chemical species) To approach a chemical species or bond in order to form a bond with it.
 * 1)  To aim balls at the batsman’s wicket.
 * 2)  To set a field, or bowl in a manner designed to get wickets.
 * 3)  To bat aggressively, so as to score runs quickly.
 * 4)  To move forward in an active attempt to score a point, as opposed to trying not to concede.
 * 5)  To accelerate quickly in an attempt to get ahead of the other riders.
 * 6)  (Of a chemical species) To approach a chemical species or bond in order to form a bond with it.
 * 1)  To move forward in an active attempt to score a point, as opposed to trying not to concede.
 * 2)  To accelerate quickly in an attempt to get ahead of the other riders.
 * 3)  (Of a chemical species) To approach a chemical species or bond in order to form a bond with it.
 * 1)  (Of a chemical species) To approach a chemical species or bond in order to form a bond with it.

Synonyms

 * See also Thesaurus:attack

Translations

 * Albanian:
 * Arabic: هَاجَمَ
 * Armenian:, ,
 * Azerbaijani: hücum etmək, basqın etmək
 * Basque:
 * Belarusian: напада́ць, напа́сці, атакава́ць
 * Breton: argadiñ
 * Bulgarian: ,
 * Burmese:
 * Catalan:
 * Cheyenne: -a'eotse
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:, ,
 * Cornish: omsettya
 * Czech:
 * Danish: angribe, overfalde
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto: ,
 * Estonian: ründama
 * Finnish:, käydä käsiksi, käydä kimppuun, käydä päälle
 * French:
 * Galician:
 * Georgian: თავდასხმა, შეტევა
 * German: ,
 * Greek:
 * Ancient: προσβάλλω, ἐπορούω
 * Hebrew: הִתְקִיף
 * Hindi: आक्रमण करना
 * Hungarian:
 * Irish: ionsaigh
 * Italian:
 * Japanese:
 * Kabuverdianu: agridi, agredí
 * Kazakh: шабуыл жасау
 * Khmer:
 * Korean: ,
 * Kurdish:
 * Central Kurdish: تێبەربوون
 * Lao: ໂຈມຕີ, ທຳຮ້າຍ
 * Latin: impetō, incessō,
 * Latvian: uzbrukt
 * Lithuanian: ,
 * Macedonian: атакува, нападне, напаѓа
 * Malay: menyerang
 * Malayalam:
 * Manx: soiaghey er
 * Maori: whakatorotoro, pāha, taiapu
 * Mongolian: ,
 * Norman: attatchi
 * North Frisian:
 * Föhr-Amrum: uungribe
 * Northern Thai: ᨮᩣᩴᩁ᩶ᩤ᩠ᨿ, ᨧᩰᩫ᩠ᨾᨲᩦ
 * Occitan:
 * Old Church Slavonic: напасти
 * Old English: rǣsan
 * Old Norse: sǿkja
 * Persian:, هجوم آوردن
 * Polish:, , ,
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian:
 * Russian:, ,
 * Scottish Gaelic: thoir ionnsaigh
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: на̀падати, на̀пасти
 * Roman: ,
 * Slovak: útočiť, napadnúť
 * Slovene: napasti
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish: ,
 * Tajik: ҳамла кардан, ҳуҷум кардан
 * Telugu: దాడి చేయు,
 * Thai:
 * Tibetan:
 * Turkish:
 * Ukrainian: напада́ти, напа́сти,
 * Uzbek: hujum qilmoq, hamla qilmoq
 * Vietnamese:
 * Volapük:
 * Walloon:
 * Welsh: ,
 * West Frisian: oanfalle
 * Zazaki: gur biyen, gur kerden, hıcum kerden


 * Bulgarian: нахвърлям се,
 * Catalan:
 * Czech:
 * Danish: angribe
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto: ,
 * Estonian: halvustama
 * Finnish:, käydä kimppuun, ,
 * French:, ,
 * Galician:
 * German: ,
 * Greek: ,
 * Norman: attatchi
 * Polish:, , ,
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian:, ,
 * Scottish Gaelic: thoir ionnsaigh
 * Slovak: útočiť
 * Slovene: napasti
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish: ,
 * Volapük:
 * Walloon:, årgouwer, ,
 * West Frisian: oanfalle


 * Finnish: käydä käsiksi, käydä kimppuun
 * Slovak: pustiť sa do


 * Polish: ,


 * Polish: ,


 * Finnish:
 * Polish: ,


 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Irish: ionsaigh
 * Italian:
 * Polish: ,
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:
 * Walloon:


 * Breton:
 * Esperanto:
 * Hebrew:
 * Indonesian:, , ,

Adjective

 * 1) Designed or kept for the purpose of confrontation.
 * attack dog, attack ad

Etymology
From.

Noun

 * 1) ; an attempt to cause damage
 * 2) ; offense of a battle