| a decisive manner of beginning a musical tone or phrase पर्याय: tone-beginning,
| | an offensive move in a sport or game; "they won the game with a 10-hit attack in the 9th inning"
| | the act of attacking; "attacks on women increased last year"; "they made an attempt on his life" पर्याय: attempt,
| | 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"; "his plan of attack was misguided" पर्याय: approach, plan of attack,
| | (military) an offensive against an enemy (using weapons); "the attack began at dawn" पर्याय: onslaught, onset, onrush,
| | strong criticism; "he published an unexpected attack on my work"
| | intense adverse criticism; "Clinton directed his fire at the Republican Party"; "the government has come under attack"; "don''t give me any flak" पर्याय: fire, flak, flack, blast,
| | 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"
| | a sudden occurrence of an uncontrollable condition; "an attack of diarrhea"
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| begin to injure; "The cancer cells are attacking his liver"; "Rust is attacking the metal"
| | set to work upon; turn one''s energies vigorously to a task; "I attacked the problem as soon as I got out of bed"
| | attack in speech or writing; "The editors of the left-leaning paper attacked the new House Speaker" पर्याय: round, assail, lash out, snipe, assault,
| | take the initiative and go on the offensive; "The Serbs attacked the village at night"; "The visiting team started to attack" पर्याय: aggress,
| | 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" पर्याय: assail,
| | attack someone physically or emotionally; "The mugger assaulted the woman"; "Nightmares assailed him regularly" पर्याय: assail, assault, set on,
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