Definitions
How to pronounce attacks:
Attacks - as a noun
(military) an offensive against an enemy (using weapons)
Example: "The attack began at dawn"
An offensive move in a sport or game
Example: "They won the game with a 10-hit attack in the 9th inning"
Intense adverse criticism
Example: "Clinton directed his fire at the republican party"
Ideas or actions intended to deal with a problem or situation
Example: "His approach to every problem is to draw up a list of pros and cons"
The act of attacking
Example: "Attacks on women increased last year"
A sudden occurrence of an uncontrollable condition
Example: "An attack of diarrhea"
The onset of a corrosive or destructive process (as by a chemical agent)
Example: "The film was sensitive to attack by acids"
Strong criticism
Example: "He published an unexpected attack on my work"
Attacks - as a verb
Launch an attack or assault on; begin hostilities or start warfare with
Example: "Hitler attacked poland on september 1, 1939 and started world war ii"
Attack in speech or writing
Example: "The editors of the left-leaning paper attacked the new house speaker"
Take the initiative and go on the offensive
Example: "The serbs attacked the village at night"
Attack someone physically or emotionally
Example: "The mugger assaulted the woman"
Set to work upon; turn one's energies vigorously to a task
Example: "I attacked the problem as soon as i got out of bed"
Begin to injure
Example: "The cancer cells are attacking his liver"
Example Sentences
Word Game Points
ATTACKS has a SCRABBLE points total of 13.
ATTACKS has a WORDS WITH FRIENDS points total of 14.
ATTACKS has a WORDFEUD points total of 14.
