attack
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1.8
- noun
- /əˈtæk/
:
ataque
- The team's coordinated attack led to a quick goal in the first half.
- launch an attack
- mount an attack
So when do attacks happen at, at the end of the round, right.
- So when do attacks happen at, at the end of the round, right.
Examples
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Keep up the attack.
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As we widen, we reveal a total of 30 F/A-18s in attack formation, destination Los Angeles.
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In this position, we'll do an attack like this.
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The first two of his planned attacks had been carried out with perfect attention to detail.
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These attacks were organized, the women carefully chosen.
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It's Foreman on the attack now.
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All this until 08:00, which starts our attack.
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And that's why, you know, we played at the counter attack against them.
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Is Alvincy using the same tactics as before, making his attack from the east?
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The entire region was disrupted by SADF attacks on transportation infrastructure, including railways and ports.
Academic text (1995)
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110
3.9
A sudden violent act against civilians to make people afraid and reach political or religious goals
14
2.5
A sudden time when breathing becomes very difficult and you make a high whistling sound
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6
5.5
An attack using bacteria, viruses or poisons to harm people, animals and crops
- Specialized
2
5.5
A military ship that travels under water to find and destroy enemy ships
- Specialized
2
7.7
The angle between incoming air and a wing's front-to-back line that affects how the wing lifts
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1
5.7
A brief time when part of the brain gets too little blood, causing sudden weakness or vision loss
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1
7.8
An action by soldiers to draw the enemy's attention away from the main battle
- Specialized
A big military ship with a long flat deck that carries and launches fighter planes
- Specialized
A U.S. military kit that turns a regular bomb dropped from a plane into a precise guided bomb
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Etymology
Attack comes from an old word meaning 'attach' or 'go at', and in sport that idea becomes a team moving forward to set pressure on the opponent, so an attack is a planned effort to score or gain an advantage.