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• “begin hostilities or start warfare with“
• “Hitler attacked Poland on September 1, 1939 and started World War II“
• “Serbian forces assailed Bosnian towns all week“

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• assail attack someone physically or emotionally; launch an attack or assault on; attack in speech or writing

• “The editors of the left-leaning paper attacked the new House Speaker“

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• round from beginning to end; having the shape or form of a circle ; (of sounds) full and rich; (mathematics) expressed to the nearest integer, ten, hundred, or thousand; wind around; make round; pronounce with rounded lips ; attack in speech or writing; bring to a highly developed, finished, or refined state; express as a round number; become round, plump, or shapely; a charge of ammunition for a single shot ; an interval during which a recurring sequence of events occurs; a regular route for a sentry or policeman; (often plural) a series of professional calls (usually in a set order); the activity of playing 18 holes of golf; the usual activities in your day; (sports) a division during which one team is on the offensive ; the course along which communications spread; a serving to each of a group (usually alcoholic); a cut of beef between the rump and the lower leg ; a partsong in which voices follow each other; an outburst of applause; a crosspiece between the legs of a chair ; any circular or rotating mechanism
• assail attack someone physically or emotionally; launch an attack or assault on; attack in speech or writing
• lash out attack in speech or writing
• snipe Old or New World straight-billed game bird of the sandpiper family; a gunshot from a concealed location ; hunt or shoot snipe ; aim and shoot with great precision ; attack in speech or writing
• assault attack someone physically or emotionally; force (someone) to have sex against their will; attack in speech or writing; close fighting during the culmination of a military attack ; a threatened or attempted physical attack by someone who appears to be able to cause bodily harm if not stopped ; thoroughbred that won the triple crown in 1946 ; the crime of forcing a person to submit to sexual intercourse against his or her will

• “The Serbs attacked the village at night“
• “The visiting team started to attack“

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• aggress take the initiative and go on the offensive

• “The mugger assaulted the woman“
• “Nightmares assailed him regularly“

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• assail attack someone physically or emotionally; launch an attack or assault on; attack in speech or writing
• assault attack someone physically or emotionally; force (someone) to have sex against their will; attack in speech or writing; close fighting during the culmination of a military attack ; a threatened or attempted physical attack by someone who appears to be able to cause bodily harm if not stopped ; thoroughbred that won the triple crown in 1946 ; the crime of forcing a person to submit to sexual intercourse against his or her will
• set on attack someone physically or emotionally

• “turn one’s energies vigorously to a task“
• “I attacked the problem as soon as I got out of bed“

• “The cancer cells are attacking his liver“
• “Rust is attacking the metal“

• “the attack began at dawn“

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• onslaught a sudden and severe onset of trouble ; (military) an offensive against an enemy (using weapons); the rapid and continuous delivery of linguistic communication (spoken or written)
• onset the beginning or early stages; (military) an offensive against an enemy (using weapons)
• onrush (military) an offensive against an enemy (using weapons); a forceful forward rush or flow

• “they won the game with a 10-hit attack in the 9th inning“

• “Clinton directed his fire at the Republican Party“
• “the government has come under attack“
• “don’t give me any flak“

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• fire the event of something burning (often destructive); the act of firing weapons or artillery at an enemy; the process of combustion of inflammable materials producing heat and light and (often) smoke; a fireplace in which a relatively small fire is burning; once thought to be one of four elements composing the universe (Empedocles) ; feelings of great warmth and intensity; fuel that is burning and is used as a means for cooking; a severe trial; intense adverse criticism; start firing a weapon ; cause to go off; bake in a kiln so as to harden; terminate the employment of; go off or discharge; drive out or away by or as if by fire; call forth (emotions, feelings, and responses); destroy by fire; provide with fuel; generate an electrical impulse; become ignited; start or maintain a fire in
• flak a slick spokesperson who can turn any criticism to the advantage of their employer ; intense adverse criticism; artillery designed to shoot upward at airplanes
• flack a slick spokesperson who can turn any criticism to the advantage of their employer ; intense adverse criticism; artillery designed to shoot upward at airplanes
• blast a very long fly ball ; a sudden very loud noise ; a strong current of air; an explosion (as of dynamite) ; a highly pleasurable or exciting experience; intense adverse criticism; make a strident sound; hit hard; use explosives on; apply a draft or strong wind to to; create by using explosives; make with or as if with an explosion; fire a shot; criticize harshly or violently; shatter as if by explosion ; shrivel or wither or mature imperfectly

• “his approach to every problem is to draw up a list of pros and cons“
• “an attack on inflation“
• “his plan of attack was misguided“

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• approach move towards; come near or verge on, resemble, come nearer in quality, or character; begin to deal with; come near in time; make advances to someone, usually with a proposal or suggestion; ideas or actions intended to deal with a problem or situation; the act of drawing spatially closer to something; a way of entering or leaving; the final path followed by an aircraft as it is landing ; the event of one object coming closer to another ; a tentative suggestion designed to elicit the reactions of others; the temporal property of becoming nearer in time; a close approximation; a relatively short golf shot intended to put the ball onto the putting green
• plan of attack ideas or actions intended to deal with a problem or situation

• “attacks on women increased last year“
• “they made an attempt on his life“

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• attempt make an effort or attempt; enter upon an activity or enterprise ; earnest and conscientious activity intended to do or accomplish something; the act of attacking

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• tone-beginning a decisive manner of beginning a musical tone or phrase

• “an attack of diarrhea“

• “the film was sensitive to attack by acids“
• “open to attack by the elements“

• “he published an unexpected attack on my work“