intransitive. To deal blows with vigour; to make vigorous attack, assail. (Formerly often with dative pronoun denoting the object of attack.)
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释义 | society > armed hostility > attack > attack [verb (intransitive)] (31) to lay ona1225 intransitive. To deal blows with vigour; to make vigorous attack, assail. (Formerly often with dative pronoun denoting the object of attack.) assailc1325 intransitive. To make a physical attack or assault. Now rare. sailc1330 absol. quasi- intransitive. To make an assault. assemblea1375 esp. To meet in fight; to join battle, make an attack or charge. (So in Old French.) Obsolete. to fall inc1384 To rush in, esp. with hostile intent; to make an incursion or attack. Also figurative and in extended use. Without preposition. Obsolete. to fall ona1387 intransitive. To make an attack, esp. suddenly or unexpectedly; to join battle. Cf. to fall on —— 1a at phrasal verbs 2. Obsolete. givec1430 absol. (elliptical) or intransitive. To deal a blow, make an attack or charge (at, on, upon). Obsolete except in pugilistic language. brunt1440 intransitive. To move with a sudden impulse; to start. Also: to make an assault or attack. Obsolete. to set (all) on sevenc1440 to set (all) on seven: to stake everything on a desperate venture; (hence) to make an attack. Cf. to set on six and seven at six, n. 5. Obsolete. to ding on1487 intransitive. Scottish. To set or fall upon an enemy; to launch a fierce attack. Obsolete. to fall down1534 intransitive. To make a hostile incursion or attack (upon, into). Cf. descend, v. 9, to come down 2b at come, v. phrasal verbs 1. Obsolete. offend1540 intransitive. To act on the offensive, to attack. Obsolete. to go on1553 intransitive. In military contexts: to make an attack (against or upon an enemy). Obsolete. to give on?1611 intransitive. To make an assault. Obsolete. to let fly1611 to let fly v. absol. To fire, shoot; also said occasionally of a gun. Also, to make an attack (with any weapon). strikea1616 Military. To make an offensive blow, to attack. Const. with at. Also transitive to attack (in flank, etc.): cf. sense 68. insult1638 intransitive. To make an attack or assault (literal and figurative). Obsolete. to set on1670 To make an attack. Now dialect in set on ator to = attack, assail. aggress1708 intransitive. To make an attack; to commit the first act of violence, to provoke conflict. With against, on, upon. to carry the war into the enemy's camp1791 to carry the war into the enemy's camp and variants: to attack a person or thing, rather than acting defensively; to go on the offensive against a… hop over1929 intransitive to attack, to go ‘over the top’. Subcategories:— get ready to attack (1) — commence an attack (3) — rush to an attack (1) — renew attack (1) — counter-attack (1) — attack on flank (1) — enter a breach (1) — pursue enemy (1) |
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