Crossword clues for attacking
attacking
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 and arms; to assault. ``Attack their lines.''
--Dryden.To assail with unfriendly speech or writing; to begin a controversy with; to attempt to overthrow or bring into disrepute, by criticism or satire; to censure; as, to attack a man, or his opinions, in a pamphlet.
To set to work upon, as upon a task or problem, or some object of labor or investigation.
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To begin to affect; to begin to act upon, injuriously or destructively; to begin to decompose or waste.
On the fourth of March he was attacked by fever.
--Macaulay.Hydrofluoric acid . . . attacks the glass.
--B. Stewart.Syn: To Attack, Assail, Assault, Invade.
Usage: These words all denote a violent onset; attack being the generic term, and the others specific forms of attack. To attack is to commence the onset; to assail is to make a sudden and violent attack, or to make repeated attacks; to assault (literally, to leap upon) is to attack physically by a had-to-hand approach or by unlawful and insulting violence; to invade is to enter by force on what belongs to another. Thus, a person may attack by offering violence of any kind; he may assail by means of missile weapons; he may assault by direct personal violence; a king may invade by marching an army into a country. Figuratively, we may say, men attack with argument or satire; they assail with abuse or reproaches; they may be assaulted by severe temptations; the rights of the people may be invaded by the encroachments of the crown.
Wiktionary
(context sports English) . That which has a tendance to attack, to be aggressive. v
(present participle of attack English)
WordNet
adj. disposed to attack [syn: assaultive, attacking(a)]
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.