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What is the verb for attack?

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attack
  1. (transitive) To apply violent force to someone or something.
  2. (transitive) To aggressively challenge a person, idea, etc., with words (particularly in newspaper headlines, because it typesets into less space than "criticize" or similar).
  3. (transitive) To begin to affect; to act upon injuriously or destructively; to begin to decompose or waste.
  4. (transitive) To deal with something in a direct way; to set to work upon.
  5. (transitive, cricket) To aim balls at the batsman’s wicket.
  6. (intransitive, cricket) To set a field, or bowl in a manner designed to get wickets.
  7. (intransitive, cricket) To bat aggressively, so as to score runs quickly.
  8. (soccer) To move forward in an active attempt to score a point, as opposed to trying not to concede.
  9. (cycling) To accelerate quickly in an attempt to get ahead of the other riders.
  10. Synonyms:
      11. assault, assail, hurt, ambush, mug, aggress, batter, harm, overwhelm, sic, besiege, jump, strike, sick, trash, beset, bushwhack, blister, cook, descend on, descend upon, fall upon, jump on, pounce on, pounce upon, set on, set upon, strike at, tear into, turn on, go in on, lash out at, lay siege to, let fly at, turn to violence, charge, storm, raid, rush, lay into, invade, light into, fly at, fall on, pitch into, blitz, round on, lace into, launch an attack on, strike out … more
  11. Examples:
      12. “Two men would attack Jessie, but he would fight back.”
      “Did not this man attack me with his fists? He did indeed, And even now my cheeks smart with his blows.”
      “The government deployed additional forces to attack known terrorist strongholds.”
attacking
  1. present participle of attack
  2. Synonyms:
      3. assaulting, assailing, hurting, ambushing, mugging, aggressing, battering, harming, overwhelming, siccing, besieging, jumping, striking, trashing, besetting, bushwhacking, blistering, cooking, descending on, descending upon, falling upon, jumping on, pouncing on, pouncing upon, setting on, setting upon, striking at, tearing into, turning on, going in on, lashing out at, laying siege to, letting fly at, turning to violence, hitting, beating, kicking, clocking, pummelling, pummeling, clipping, larruping, larrupping, slogging, bopping, pasting, biffing, busting, wallopping, walloping … more
attacks
  1. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of attack
  2. Synonyms:
      3. assaults, assails, hurts, ambushes, mugs, aggresses, batters, harms, overwhelms, sics, besieges, jumps, strikes, trashes, besets, bushwhacks, blisters, cooks, descends on, descends upon, falls uponfall upon, jumps on, pounces on, pounces upon, sets on, sets upon, strikes at, tears into, turns on, goes in on, lashes out at, lays siege to, lets fly at, turns to violence, hits, beats, kicks, clocks, pummels, clips, larrups, slogs, bops, pastes, biffs, busts, wallops, boffs, thrashes, bats … more
attacketh
  1. (archaic) third-person singular simple present indicative form of attack
attackest
  1. (archaic) second-person singular simple present form of attack
attackedst
  1. (archaic) second-person singular simple past form of attack
attackt
  1. (obsolete) simple past tense and past participle of attack
attacked
  1. simple past tense and past participle of attack
  2. Synonyms:
      3. assaulted, assailed, hurt, ambushed, mugged, aggressed, battered, harmed, overwhelmed, sicced, besieged, jumped, struck, stricken, trashed, beset, bushwhacked, blistered, cooked, descended on, descended upon, fell upon, fallen upon, jumped on, pounced on, pounced upon, set on, set upon, struck at, tore into, torn into, turned on, went in on, gone in on, lashed out at, laid siege to, let fly at, turned to violence, hit, hat, hitten, beat, beaten, kicked, clocked, pummelled, pummeled, clipped, clipt, larruped … more
  3. Examples:
      4. “Another tree is being attacked by an alien insect, the hemlock woolly adelgid.”
      “The Belgae attacked over the river, but were repulsed after a fierce battle.”
      “Then Prime Minister Gordon Brown also publicly attacked the independence option.”
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