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Attacking   /ətˈækɪŋ/   Listen
Attacking

adjective
1.
Disposed to attack.  Synonym: assaultive.



Attack

verb
(past & past part. attacked; pres. part. attacking)
1.
Launch an attack or assault on; begin hostilities or start warfare with.  Synonym: assail.  "Serbian forces assailed Bosnian towns all week"
2.
Attack in speech or writing.  Synonyms: assail, assault, lash out, round, snipe.
3.
Take the initiative and go on the offensive.  Synonym: aggress.  "The visiting team started to attack"
4.
Attack someone physically or emotionally.  Synonyms: assail, assault, set on.  "Nightmares assailed him regularly"
5.
Set to work upon; turn one's energies vigorously to a task.
6.
Begin to injure.  "Rust is attacking the metal"



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"Attacking" Quotes from Famous Books



... in self-defense. The Cathari tried their best to destroy her by attacking her doctrines, her hierarchy, and her apostolic character. If their false teachings had prevailed, disturbing as they did the minds of the people, the Church would ...
— The Inquisition - A Critical and Historical Study of the Coercive Power of the Church • E. Vacandard

... Moors, in the first transports of their rage, attacked those ravenous animals: their next measure was to vent their fury upon the Christians. They rushed like madmen to the walls, applied scaling-ladders in all parts without waiting for the necessary mantelets and other protections—thinking by attacking suddenly and at various points to distract the enemy and overcome them ...
— Chronicle of the Conquest of Granada • Washington Irving

... reached the threshold of the door, and saw, to his left, a group of Huns about a gun that seemed to have jammed. And not all the Huns were alive, either, showing that the fire of the attacking party had done part ...
— The Khaki Boys Over the Top - Doing and Daring for Uncle Sam • Gordon Bates

... effort was instantly made to get the ships once more into fighting condition, that the attack might be renewed. "Tell the Admiralty," said he to the bearer of his despatches, "that I feel confident I shall soon have an opportunity of attacking the enemy again, and that they may depend upon ...
— Types of Naval Officers - Drawn from the History of the British Navy • A. T. Mahan

... were thickest in the air. And he beckoned with the hand and called to the Italians, saying, "Stay now your arrows. I am come to fight this battle for you all." And when they heard it they left a space in the midst. AEneas also, when he heard the name of Turnus, left attacking the city, and came to meet him, mighty as Athos, or Eryx, or Father Apenninus, that raiseth his snowy head to the heavens. And the men of Troy and the Latins and King Latinus marveled to see them meet, ...
— The Children's Hour, Volume 3 (of 10) • Various


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