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attack
v. t. [F. attaquer, orig. another form of attacher to attack: cf. It. attacare to fasten, attack. See Attach, Tack a small nail.]1. To fall upon with force; to assail, as with force and arms; to assault. (Dryden.)
2. 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. ()
3. To set to work upon, as upon a task or problem, or some object of labor or investigation. ()
4. 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.)
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v. i. To make an onset or attack. ()
n. [Cf. F. attaque.]1. The act of attacking, or falling on with force or violence; an onset; an assault; -- opposed to defense. ()
2. An assault upon one's feelings or reputation with unfriendly or bitter words. ()
3. A setting to work upon some task, etc. ()
4. An access of disease; a fit of sickness. ()
5. The beginning of corrosive, decomposing, or destructive action, by a chemical agent. ()


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