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  • 1attack — vb Attack, assail, assault, bombard, storm are comparable not only in their military but also in their extended senses. All carry as their basic meaning to make a more or less violent onset upon. Attack originally connoted a fastening upon… …

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  • 2attack — [ə tak′] vt. [Fr attaquer < It attaccare < * estaccare < Goth * stakka, stake: see STICK] 1. to use force against in order to harm; start a fight with; strike out at with physical or military force; assault 2. to speak or write against,… …

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  • 3rocket attack — attack with bombs …

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  • 4attack — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) I n. assault, attack; seizure (See disease). v. t. assail, assault, attack; affect, influence. Ant., defense. II Violent assault Nouns 1. (human attack) attack; assault, assault and battery; onset,… …

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  • 5attack — 1. verb 1) Chris had been brutally attacked Syn: assault, assail, set upon, beat up; batter, pummel, punch; informal do over, work over, rough up 2) they attacked along a 10 mile front Syn: strike, char …

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  • 6attack — I. verb Etymology: Middle French attaquer, from Old Italian *estaccare to attach, from stacca stake, of Germanic origin; akin to Old English staca Date: 1562 transitive verb 1. to set upon or work against forcefully 2. to assail with unfriendly… …

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  • 7attack aircraft — ▪ military also called  Ground Attack Aircraft, or Close Support Aircraft,         type of military aircraft that supports ground troops by making strafing and low level bombing attacks on enemy ground forces, tanks and other armoured vehicles,… …

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  • 8Attack on Pearl Harbor — Part of the Pacific Theater of World War II …

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  • 9Attack on the Sui-ho Dam — Infobox Military Conflict conflict=Attack on the Sui ho Dam partof=Korean War caption= date=June 23–June 24, 1952 place=Sui Ho (Sup ung ho), Choshin (Changjin, Fusen (Pujǒn), and Kyosen (P ungsan), North Korea result=United Nations victory… …

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  • 10Attack on Mers-el-Kébir — Coordinates: 35°43′10.18″N 0°41′20″W / 35.7194944°N 0.68889°W / 35.7194944; 0.68889 …

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