Crossword-Solution: ATTACK
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| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Attack | v. t. | To fall upon with force; to assail, as with force and arms; to assault. |
| Attack | 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. |
| Attack | v. t. | To set to work upon, as upon a task or problem, or some object of labor or investigation. |
| Attack | v. t. | To begin to affect; to begin to act upon, injuriously or destructively; to begin to decompose or waste. |
| Attack | v. i. | To make an onset or attack. |
| Attack | n. | The act of attacking, or falling on with force or violence; an onset; an assault; -- opposed to defense. |
| Attack | n. | An assault upon one's feelings or reputation with unfriendly or bitter words. |
| Attack | n. | A setting to work upon some task, etc. |
| Attack | n. | An access of disease; a fit of sickness. |
| Attack | n. | The beginning of corrosive, decomposing, or destructive action, by a chemical agent. |
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Hint 1 meaning
The transparent part of the coat of the eyeball which
covers the iris and pupil and admits light to the interior. See Eye.
Hint 2 anagram
CONARE
Hint 3 another clue
COVER THE EYES
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Sentences with ATTACK (5)
Perhaps a better one would be the night attack by the redskins on the house under the ground, when several of them stuck in the hollow trees and had to be pulled out like corks.
The Ass, observing his trepidation at the mere crowing of a Cock summoned courage to attack him, and galloped after him for that purpose.
Such was his cunning, that we used to call him, among ourselves, “the snake.” When we were at work in the cornfield, he would sometimes crawl on his hands and knees to avoid detection, and all at once he would rise nearly in our midst, and scream out, “Ha, ha! Come, come! Dash on, dash on!” This being his mode of attack, it was never safe to stop a single minute.
The flames, now driven upwards, began to attack the angles of the huge roof covering the wheat-stack.
Many a time he tried to attack them; but whenever he came near they turned their tails to one another, so that whichever way he approached them he was met by the horns of one of them.
Quotes with ATTACK (3)
When we fail to set boundaries and hold people accountable, we feel used and mistreated. This is why we sometimes attack who they are, which is far more hurtful than addressing a behavior or a choice.
Politeness is okay, but it gets old and boring. You want to attack life with a passion, not a politeness, you want people to think about you and remember you and say "she is so passionate" you don't want people to think about you and remember you and say "she is so polite," because, who cares about polite?
He asked, 'Croesus, who told you to attack my land and meet me as an enemy instead of a friend?'The King replied, 'It was caused by your good fate and my bad fate. It was the fault of the Greek gods, who with their arrogance, encouraged me to march onto your lands. Nobody is mad enough to choose war whilst there is peace. During times of peace, the sons bury their fathers, but in war it is the fathers who send their sons to the grave.
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Appears in: Boston Globe, Chronicle, Crossroads, CrosSynergy, Daily Beast, LAT, Newsday, New Yorker, NY Sun, NYT, Onion, Universal, USA TODAY, WSJ.
Used 90 times in crossword archives (1944–2025).