Attack

Attack

(1):

(v. t.) To fall upon with force; to assail, as with force and arms; to assault.

(2):

(v. t.) 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):

(v. t.) To set to work upon, as upon a task or problem, or some object of labor or investigation.

(4):

(v. t.) To begin to affect; to begin to act upon, injuriously or destructively; to begin to decompose or waste.

(5):

(v. i.) To make an onset or attack.

(6):

(n.) The act of attacking, or falling on with force or violence; an onset; an assault; - opposed to defense.

(7):

(n.) An access of disease; a fit of sickness.

(8):

(n.) The beginning of corrosive, decomposing, or destructive action, by a chemical agent.

(9):

(n.) An assault upon one's feelings or reputation with unfriendly or bitter words.

(10):

(n.) A setting to work upon some task, etc.