| 单词 | attack |
| 释义 | attack (once / 34 pages) 1nv 2nv 3vn When you attack, you charge or advance violently. It's scary to watch a big dog attack a smaller dog. In the military, an attack is an advance of troops or the use of armed force against an enemy. When one little kid attacks another, there usually aren't any bombs or weapons involved, but the idea of force or hostility is the same. You might also attack an opponent in a game, or withstand a verbal attack from a classmate during a debate. The Italian source of attack is attacco, "an attack," from attaccare, "join battle." WORD FAMILYattack: attacked, attacker, attacking, attacks, counterattack, unattackable+/attacker: attackers/counterattack: counterattacked, counterattacking, counterattacks/unattackable: unattackably USAGE EXAMPLESOn Sunday, it claimed an attack by five suicide bombers in the Shiite holy city of Najaf, killing eight people and wounding nearly two dozen. Wall Street Journal(Jan 02, 2017) The Islamic State later claimed responsibility for the attack. New York Times(Jan 02, 2017) Polly Sheppard said Roof told her he wanted to leave her alive to tell the world why he attacked a historic African-American church. Seattle Times(Jan 02, 2017) 1 1n (military) an offensive against an enemy (using weapons) the attack began at dawn Syn|Exp|Hypo|Hyper onrush, onset, onslaught September 11 the day in 2001 when Arab suicide bombers hijacked United States airliners and used them as bombs ground attack an attack by ground troops chargean impetuous rush toward someone or something banzai attack, banzai chargea mass attack of troops without concern for casualties; originated by Japanese who accompanied it with yells of `banzai' diversion, diversionary attackan attack calculated to draw enemy defense away from the point of the principal attack incursion, penetrationan attack that penetrates into enemy territory blitz, blitzkriega swift and violent military offensive with intensive aerial bombardment strikean attack that is intended to seize or inflict damage on or destroy an objective counterattack, countermovean attack by a defending force against an attacking enemy force in order to regain lost ground or cut off enemy advance units etc. bombardment, bombingan attack by dropping bombs fire, firingthe act of firing weapons or artillery at an enemy strafean attack of machine-gun fire or cannon fire from a low flying airplane coup de main, surprise attackan attack without warning diversionary landingan amphibious diversionary attack counterchargea retaliatory charge interpenetrationthe action of penetrating between or among breakthrougha penetration of a barrier such as an enemy's defense invasionthe act of invading; the act of an army that invades for conquest or plunder infiltrationa process in which individuals (or small groups) penetrate an area (especially the military penetration of enemy positions without detection) foray, maraud, raida sudden short attack first strikethe initial use of nuclear weapons to attack a country that also has nuclear weapons; considered feasible only when the attacker can destroy the other country's ability to retaliate surgical strikean attack (usually without prior warning) intended to deal only with a specific target preventive attack, preventive strikea strike that is carried out in order to deter expected aggression by hostile forces bombing runthat part of the flight that begins with the approach to the target; includes target acquisition and ends with the release of the bombs area bombing, carpet bombing, saturation bombingan extensive and systematic bombing intended to devastate a large target antiaircraft firefiring at enemy aircraft barrage, barrage fire, battery, bombardment, shellingthe heavy fire of artillery to saturate an area rather than hit a specific target broadsidethe simultaneous firing of all the armament on one side of a warship burst, fusillade, salvo, volleyrapid simultaneous discharge of firearms call firefire delivered on a specific target in response to a request from the supported unit cover, covering firefire that makes it difficult for the enemy to fire on your own individuals or formations concentrated fire, massed firefire from two or more weapons directed at a single target or area (as fire by batteries of two or more warships) counterfirefire intended to neutralize or destroy enemy weapons counterpreparation fireintensive prearranged fire delivered when the immanence of enemy attack is discovered crossfirefire from two or more points so that the lines of fire cross destruction firefire delivered for the sole purpose of destroying material objects direct firefire delivered on a target that is visible to the person aiming it distributed firefire dispersed so as to engage effectively an area target fratricide, friendly firefire that injures or kills an ally hostile firefire that injures or kills an enemy grazing firefire approximately parallel to the ground; the center of the cone of fire does rise above 1 meter from the ground harassing firefire designed to disturb the rest of enemy troops and to curtail movement and to lower enemy morale indirect firefire delivered on a target that is not itself used as the point of aim for the weapons interdiction firefire directed to an area to prevent the enemy from using that area neutralization firefire that is delivered in order to render the target ineffective or unusable observed firefire for which the point of impact (the burst) can be seen by an observer; fire can be adjusted on the basis of the observations preparation firefire delivered on a target in preparation for an assault radar firegunfire aimed a target that is being tracked by radar registration firefire delivered to obtain accurate data for subsequent effective engagement of targets scheduled fireprearranged fire delivered at a predetermined time searching firefire distributed in depth by successive changes in the elevation of the gun supporting firefire delivered by supporting units to protect or assist a unit in combat suppressive firefire on or about a weapon system to degrade its performance below what is needed to fulfill its mission objectives unobserved firefire for which the point of impact (the bursts) cannot be observed artillery fire, cannon firefire delivered by artillery riposte(fencing) a counterattack made immediately after successfully parrying the opponents lunge terrorist attacka surprise attack involving the deliberate use of violence against civilians in the hope of attaining political or religious aims ambuscade, ambush, lying in wait, trapthe act of concealing yourself and lying in wait to attack by surprise pre-emptive strikea surprise attack that is launched in order to prevent the enemy from doing it to you military operation, operation activity by a military or naval force (as a maneuver or campaign) 2n an offensive move in a sport or game they won the game with a 10-hit attack in the 9th inning Hypo|Hyper counterattack, counterplay (chess) an attack that is intended to counter the opponent's advantage in another part of the board play, turn (game) the activity of doing something in an agreed succession 3n the act of attacking attacks on women increased last year Syn|Hypo|Hyper attempt assault a threatened or attempted physical attack by someone who appears to be able to cause bodily harm if not stopped aggravated assaulta reckless attack with intent to injure seriously (as with a deadly weapon) assault and battery, batteryan assault in which the assailant makes physical contact muggingassault with intent to rob crime, criminal offence, criminal offense, law-breaking, offence, offense (criminal law) an act punishable by law; usually considered an evil act 4n strong criticism he published an unexpected attack on my work Hypo|Hyper aspersion, calumny, defamation, denigration, slander an abusive attack on a person's character or good name criticism, unfavorable judgment disapproval expressed by pointing out faults or shortcomings 5n intense adverse criticism the government has come under attack Syn|Hyper blast, fire, flack, flak criticism, unfavorable judgment disapproval expressed by pointing out faults or shortcomings 6v launch an attack or assault on; begin hostilities or start warfare with Hitler attacked Poland on September 1, 1939 and started World War II Syn|Ant|Hypo|Hyper assail aggress take the initiative and go on the offensive defend be on the defensive; act against an attack submarine attack by submarine pelt, pepperattack and bombard with or as if with missiles hit, strikemake a strategic, offensive, assault against an enemy, opponent, or a target counterattack, counterstrikemake a counterattack gasattack with gas; subject to gas fumes storm, surpriseattack by storm; attack suddenly blitzattack suddenly and without warning invade, occupymarch aggressively into another's territory by military force for the purposes of conquest and occupation beleaguer, besiege, circumvent, hem in, surroundsurround so as to force to give up bomb, bombardthrow bombs at or attack with bombs strafeattack with machine guns or cannon fire from a low-flying plane cannonadeattack with cannons or artillery torpedoattack or hit with torpedoes bust, raidsearch without warning, make a sudden surprise attack on slicehit a ball so that it causes a backspin chophit sharply strokestrike a ball with a smooth blow teargasattack with teargas; subject to teargas fumes blockade, seal offimpose a blockade on ebbhem in fish with stakes and nets so as to prevent them from going back into the sea with the ebb carpet bombbomb a large area systematically and extensively bomb outmake somebody homeless by destroying their houses with bombs dive-bombbomb from a diving airplane glide-bombbomb by gliding skip-bombattack with delayed release bombs atom-bomb, nukebomb with atomic weapons hydrogen-bombattack with a hydrogen bomb pattern-bombbomb in certain patterns atomise, atomize, nuke, zapstrike at with firepower or bombs letter bombsend an explosive to firebombattack with incendiary bombs blast, shelluse explosives on retaliate, strike backmake a counterattack and return like for like, especially evil for evil infest, overruninvade in great numbers contend, fight, struggle be engaged in a fight; carry on a fight 7v take the initiative and go on the offensive The Serbs attacked the village at night The visiting team started to attack Syn|Hypo|Hyper aggress assail launch an attack or assault on; begin hostilities or start warfare with check place into check forkplace under attack with one's own pieces, of two enemy pieces harassexhaust by attacking repeatedly pinimmobilize a piece tackleseize and throw down an opponent player, who usually carries the ball act, move perform an action, or work out or perform (an action) 8v attack someone physically or emotionally Syn|Hypo assail, assault, set on bait attack with dogs or set dogs upon set, sicurge to attack someone bulldogattack viciously and ferociously rushattack suddenly blindsideattack or hit on or from the side where the attacked person's view is obstructed savageattack brutally and fiercely reassailassail again jumpmake a sudden physical attack on beset, set uponassail or attack on all sides: "The zebra was beset by leopards" desecrate, outrage, profane, violateviolate the sacred character of a place or language molestharass or assault sexually; make indecent advances to bear down, chargeto make a rush at or sudden attack upon, as in battle gang-raperape (someone) successively with several attackers 9v attack in speech or writing 2The editors of the left-leaning paper attacked the new House Speaker Syn|Hypo|Hyper assail, assault, lash out, round, snipe abuse, blackguard, clapperclaw, shout use foul or abusive language towards clawattack as if with claws vitriolsubject to bitter verbal abuse ripcriticize or abuse strongly and violently whangattack forcefully barrage, bombardaddress with continuously or persistently, as if with a barrage blister, scald, whipsubject to harsh criticism rubbishattack strongly slangabuse with coarse language rail, revile, vilify, vituperatespread negative information about curseheap obscenities upon criticise, criticize, knock, pick apart find fault with; express criticism of; point out real or perceived flaws 1n a sudden occurrence of an uncontrollable condition an attack of diarrhea Hypo|Hyper anxiety attack a sudden acute episode of intense anxiety and feelings of panic flarea sudden recurrence or worsening of symptoms ictus, raptus, seizurea sudden occurrence (or recurrence) of a disease spot, toucha slight attack of illness CVA, apoplexy, cerebrovascular accident, strokea sudden loss of consciousness resulting when the rupture or occlusion of a blood vessel leads to oxygen lack in the brain convulsion, fit, paroxysma sudden uncontrollable attack hystericsan attack of hysteria occlusionclosure or blockage (as of a blood vessel) heart attacka sudden severe instance of abnormal heart function convulsionviolent uncontrollable contractions of muscles focal seizuretransitory disturbance in motor or sensory function resulting from abnormal cortical activity raptus hemorrhagicusseizure caused by a sudden profuse hemorrhage absence, absence seizurethe occurrence of an abrupt, transient loss or impairment of consciousness (which is not subsequently remembered), sometimes with light twitching, fluttering eyelids, etc.; common in petit mal epilepsy laryngospasma closure of the larynx that blocks the passage of air to the lungs embolismocclusion of a blood vessel by an embolus (a loose clot or air bubble or other particle) thromboembolismocclusion of a blood vessel by an embolus that has broken away from a thrombus thrombosisthe formation or presence of a thrombus (a clot of coagulated blood attached at the site of its formation) in a blood vessel coronary occlusionocclusion of a coronary artery caused either by progressive atherosclerosis or by a blood clot ischaemic stroke, ischemic strokethe most common kind of stroke; caused by an interruption in the flow of blood to the brain (as from a clot blocking a blood vessel) haemorrhagic stroke, hemorrhagic strokestroke caused by the rupture of a blood vessel in the brain affliction a cause of great suffering and distress 2n the onset of a corrosive or destructive process (as by a chemical agent) the film was sensitive to attack by acids open to attack by the elements Hyper degeneration, devolution the process of declining from a higher to a lower level of effective power or vitality or essential quality 3v begin to injure 3The cancer cells are attacking his liver Rust is attacking the metal Hyper affect act physically on; have an effect upon 1v set to work upon; turn one's energies vigorously to a task I attacked the problem as soon as I got out of bed Hyper begin, commence, get, get down, set about, set out, start, start out take the first step or steps in carrying out an action 2n ideas or actions intended to deal with a problem or situation an attack on inflation his plan of attack was misguided Syn|Hypo|Hyper approach, plan of attack avenue a line of approach conceptualisation, conceptualization, formulation inventing or contriving an idea or explanation and formulating it mentally 3n a decisive manner of beginning a musical tone or phrase Syn|Hyper tone-beginning beginning, commencement, start the act of starting something |
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