attack 1

noundomain: activity

Princeton WordNet [ver.3.1]

English

Definition

(military) an offensive against an enemy (using weapons)

Examples

Derivationally related form

verb

take the initiative and go on the offensive

verb

launch an attack or assault on; begin hostilities or start warfare with

Hyponym

noun

an attack by ground troops

noun

an impetuous rush toward someone or something

noun

a mass attack of troops without concern for casualties; originated by Japanese who accompanied it with yells of `banzai'

noun

an attack calculated to draw enemy defense away from the point of the principal attack

noun

an attack that penetrates into enemy territory

Part_holonym

noun

close fighting during the culmination of a military attack

Member_of_this_domain_-_TOPIC

noun

the military forces of a nation