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Word definitions for attacking in dictionaries
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Attack \At*tack"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Attacked ; p. pr. & vb. n. Attacking .] [F. attaquer, orig. another form of attacher to attack: cf. It. attacare to fasten, attack. See Attach , Tack a small nail.] To fall upon with force; to assail, as with force ...
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
adj. disposed to attack [syn: assaultive , attacking(a) ]
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
(context sports English) . That which has a tendance to attack, to be aggressive. v (present participle of attack English)
Usage examples of attacking.
With their retreat thus cut off, with General Platt attacking from the north, harassed by patriots, machine-gunned and bombed from the air, the Italian resistance could not last long.
Extreme priority will be given to fitting out ships to catapult or otherwise launch fighter aircraft against bombers attacking our shipping.
We had not the slightest intention of attacking Japan, and had no wish to see her other than prosperous and peaceful, and I said what a pity it would be if at this stage, when she already had China on her hands, she got into a war with Great Britain and the United States.
Ambassador said that Japan had no intention of attacking us or the United States, and had no desire to become involved in a war with either Power.
Tobruk, to place a force in Bardia-Sollum area with as much mobility as possible to protect communications and act against flank or rear of enemy attacking Tobruk, and to build up old plan of defence in Mersa Matruh area.
The duty of affording fighter protection to the naval forces holding Malta should have priority over the use of the aerodromes by bombers engaged in attacking Tripoli.
The Luftwaffe were already attacking the Suez Canal from bases in the Dodecanese, and they could obviously, if they chose, operate against Syria, especially with airborne troops.
From the first day of the German attack upon Russia we have examined possibilities of attacking Occupied France and the Low Countries.
The strength of the attacking forces should be four Panzer divisions, two of them German, and three motorised divisions.
The harbour defences, manned largely by Maltese, destroyed almost the whole attacking force in spite of its daring.
I have accordingly ordered General Cunningham to attack with all available resources, regain Sidi Rezegh, and join hands with Tobruk garrison, which is to co-operate by attacking the enemy on its front.
I did not personally sustain any direct impression, but Averell said there was something about the Japanese attacking the Americans, and, in spite of being tired and resting, we all sat up.
These will not be ready for action until November 1, but this would not preclude him from attacking sooner if a favourable opportunity were presented to him.
The ground attack would start as soon as twenty-five days after the air strikes began, in which case the United States would be attacking with as little as a 2,000-man Marine Expeditionary Unit and two Army brigades.
Alternatively, CENTCOM could begin the ground war at the forty-five-day mark, which meant that it would be attacking with a complete Army division and complete Marine division.