Antonyms for attack
| Grammar : Noun, verb |
| Spell : uh-tak |
| Phonetic Transcription : əˈtæk |
- aid
- approval
- approve
- assist
- be lazy
- commend
- commendation
- compliment
- decrease
- defend
- defense
- endorse
- flight
- guard
- health
- help
- leave alone
- lose
- praise
- protect
- protection
- pull
- reprisal
- resist
- resistance
- retreat
- sanction
- shelter
- shield
- slough off
- submission
- submit
- support
- surrender
- sustain
- sustenance
- withstand
Definition of attack
Origin :- c.1600, from French attaquer (16c.), from Florentine Italian attaccare (battaglia) "join (battle)," thus the word is a doublet of attach, which was used 15c.-17c. also in the sense now reserved to attack. Related: Attacked; attacking.
- noun physical assault
- noun verbal assault
- noun sudden dysfunction or disorder
- verb assault physically
- verb assault verbally
- verb set to work
- The strong man must at all times be alert to the attack of insidious disease.
- Extract from : « United States Presidents' Inaugural Speeches » by Various
- He saw now the meaning of the manner in which Allister and Clune made their attack.
- Extract from : « Way of the Lawless » by Max Brand
- These attack you—but run—at least the tiger, not the elephant, when you go out after him.
- Extract from : « Weighed and Wanting » by George MacDonald
- The others leave you alone except you attack them; then they show fight.
- Extract from : « Weighed and Wanting » by George MacDonald
- There is no disease bold enough to dare to attack the person of a doctor.
- Extract from : « The Imaginary Invalid » by Molire
- It was the first they knew of the attack and they went to the help of their friends.
- Extract from : « The Trail Book » by Mary Austin
- So that their bodies might rear up, and no man resist their attack.
- Extract from : « The Babylonian Legends of the Creation » by British Museum
- The attack on the Malakand and the great frontier war had begun.
- Extract from : « The Story of the Malakand Field Force » by Sir Winston S. Churchill
- That attack had been repulsed with slaughter, and the brigade was concentrated.
- Extract from : « The Story of the Malakand Field Force » by Sir Winston S. Churchill
- The infantry in advancing could only attack on a front of 600 yards.
- Extract from : « The Story of the Malakand Field Force » by Sir Winston S. Churchill
Synonyms for attack
- abuse
- access
- advance
- aggress
- aggression
- ailment
- ambush
- assail
- assailing
- assailment
- assault
- barrage
- bash
- bat
- bean
- beat
- belligerence
- berate
- beset
- besiege
- biff
- blame
- blast
- blister
- blitz
- blitzkrieg
- boff
- bombard
- boot
- bop
- bout
- brain
- breakdown
- buckle down
- bust
- calumny
- censure
- charge
- chop down
- clip
- clock
- club
- combat
- combativeness
- convulsion
- cook
- criticism
- criticize
- deal with
- defilement
- denigration
- denunciation
- dirty deed
- disease
- dive into
- drive
- encounter
- encroachment
- failure
- fit
- foray
- harm
- hit
- hurt
- illness
- impugn
- impugnment
- incursion
- infiltrate
- initiative
- inroad
- intervention
- intrusion
- invade
- invasion
- irruption
- jump
- jump down one's throat
- jump on one's case
- kick
- knock block off
- knock cold
- knock for a loop
- larrup
- lay into
- lay siege to
- libel
- light into
- malign
- molest
- mug
- mugging
- offense
- offensive
- onrush
- onset
- onslaught
- outbreak
- overwhelm
- paroxysm
- plunge into
- pounce upon
- pugnacity
- punch
- push
- raid
- rape
- refute
- relapse
- reprove
- revile
- rush
- seizure
- set to
- set upon
- shoot down
- skirmish
- slander
- slog
- soak
- spasm
- spell
- stab
- start in on
- storm
- storming
- stretch
- strike
- stroke
- tackle
- take the offensive
- take up
- tear into
- throe
- thrust
- turn on
- vilification
- vilify
- violation
- volley
- wallop
- whop
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