to attack
597
3.4
- verb
- /əˈtæk/
:
criticar
- The article will attack the flawed policies that led to the financial crisis.
- attacked by critics
- attacked in an article
- attack unlawful conduct
I felt, you know, attacked, told my mom.
- I felt, you know, attacked, told my mom.
- And and so they attack everything that's factual.
- But most importantly, me also attacking him for not being a dad.
- And innocent questions are getting attacked incredibly harshly.
- So why would you attack people for something like that?
- They can sign letters attacking one of their own who's not loyal.
- And these are the people that are constantly attacking the LGBTQ plus community.
- When people feel attacked, they get defensive.
- Yeah, I believe it's not the words of the uniter to attack people that believe that.
- Or the more difficult thing to do, to attack the idea that they are the left.
- And they're saying these people attack, they attack.
- But all we do is we tend to attack, attack, attack.
- I think people attacks way too much in this country.
- Not in terms of just you know, they attack things in the same way.
Examples
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Unfortunately, when verbal reprimands are given, they often attack the student rather than the behavior.
Academic text (1990) -
He made criticisms and attacked me, which is all right.
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So why would you attack people for something like that?
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But all we do is we tend to attack, attack, attack.
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What Richard did was attack me when I was half asleep.
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So how do you think Democrats can attack that issue?
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You've had people attack you and the things that you said.
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Challenging ideas, procedures, content relationships, and priorities without attacking people or their character.
Academic text (2008) -
It is a pejorative used to attack the existing economic system.
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Montaigne sets out to tame human hubris by attacking it from above and below.
Academic text (1999)
Synonyms
115
6.8
Publicly criticize someone or something strongly
71
5.6
Suddenly say angry things about someone by speaking or writing
61
5.3
To strongly criticize someone in public
49
4.6
To criticize someone strongly and unfairly in public
47
8.2
Attack someone sharply in speech or writing
44
4.1
Publicly say you are strongly against something or someone
43
7.9
To say or write bad things about someone to harm them
29
5.8
To attack someone strongly in speech or writing
16
8.0
To attack violently, upset someone deeply or criticize them strongly
15
4.2
To say in public that you do not support something
11
7.8
To send angry, insulting messages to someone online
11
7.7
To criticize someone in a sly, indirect way
4
7.4
To attack someone with strong angry words
3
9.5
Say bad things about someone in public to show others what they did
2
9.9
To speak or write strongly against something
1
8.0
To criticize someone or something very strongly in public
1
6.7
To criticize someone or something strongly in public
1
9.9
Angrily criticize someone or something
Attack someone with strong words in public
To criticize someone angrily using harsh words
Antonyms
Idioms
Compounds
- NSFW
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
- NSFW
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
- Specialized
1
5.7
A brief time when part of the brain gets too little blood, causing sudden weakness or vision loss
- Specialized
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
How Harsh
- Formal
16
8.0
71
5.6
597
3.4
701
3.3
589
1.7
Surface Forms
Etymology
Attack comes from an old verb meaning 'attach' or 'set on', and a helpful way to remember the meaning of the verb is to think of attacking as 'going at' someone with words, which is why it can mean strong criticism.