attack
An attempt to cause damage, injury to, or death of an opponent or enemy.
Other meanings
Any of several specific maneuvers, skills, or special abilities that a character can use to inflict damage against opponents.
An attempt to detract from the worth or credibility of, a person, position, idea, object, or thing, by physical, verbal, emotional, or other assault.
Related words
- attack plan
- attack rate
- plan of attack
- angle of attack
- attackable
- attack ad
- attack aircraft
- attack au fer
- attack dog
- attack helicopter
- attacking midfielder
- attack surface
Word history
From Italian "attaccare" (to join, attach).
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “attack” on Wiktionary, by its contributors, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.