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synonyms for attack
- aggression
- barrage
- charge
- incursion
- intervention
- intrusion
- invasion
- offensive
- onslaught
- outbreak
- raid
- rape
- skirmish
- strike
- violation
- advance
- assailing
- blitz
- blitzkrieg
- defilement
- drive
- encounter
- encroachment
- foray
- initiative
- inroad
- irruption
- mugging
- offense
- onrush
- onset
- push
- rush
- storming
- thrust
- volley
- assailment
- dirty deed
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How to use attack in a sentence
We are learning so much this week — not only about a shameful attack on our very government, but the shamelessness of the people who made it inevitable.
I was skeptical of Democrats pursuing a second impeachment. I was wrong. | Karen Tumulty | February 11, 2021 | Washington PostIt seemed every time the Wizards mounted an attack, the Raptors responded with the same type of play — a far-too-easy three that bumped the score back into comfortable territory and sapped Washington’s energy at the same time.
The Wizards’ defense again lets them down in loss at home to Raptors | Ava Wallace | February 11, 2021 | Washington PostUnder pressure, Hogan launches effort to pay five exonerated prisoners Maryland exoneree suffers heart attack before testifying on compensation bill
Maryland moves toward clear plan for paying people who were wrongly convicted | Ovetta Wiggins | February 10, 2021 | Washington Post
As more and more processes and facilities gain remote and automated capabilities, this kind of attack becomes more of a concern.
Hackers accessed a Florida water treatment plant’s system and tried to make a dangerous change | Stan Horaczek | February 9, 2021 | Popular-ScienceRoy thinks it’s an attack on the right to note that a Republican member of Congress was one of hundreds of thousands of people with underlying conditions to die after contracting the virus.
What you’re saying when you say that covering the coronavirus is partisan | Philip Bump | February 9, 2021 | Washington Post“The institution of marraige [sic] is under attack in our society and it needs to be strengthened,” Bush wrote.
As soon as this attack [happened], Paris citizens came together to show were are not afraid, we are Charlie Hebdo.
It is grandstanding for a right rarely protected unless under immediate attack.
Politicians Only Love Journalists When They're Dead | Luke O’Neil | January 8, 2015 | THE DAILY BEASTThe comedian responded to the deadly attack on a French satirical magazine by renewing his recent criticisms of the Islamic faith.
Bill Maher: Hundreds of Millions of Muslims Support Attack on ‘Charlie Hebdo’ | Lloyd Grove | January 8, 2015 | THE DAILY BEASTIt was also an attack on our freedom of expression and way of life.
Politicians Only Love Journalists When They're Dead | Luke O’Neil | January 8, 2015 | THE DAILY BEASTIn their shelter, Brion and Ulv crouched low and wondered why the attack didn't come.
Sense of Obligation | Henry Maxwell Dempsey (AKA Harry Harrison)On to Gaba Tepe just in time to see the opening, the climax and the end of the dreaded Turkish counter attack.
Gallipoli Diary, Volume I | Ian HamiltonThen the enemy's howitzers and field guns had it all their own way, forcing attack to yield a lot of ground.
Gallipoli Diary, Volume I | Ian HamiltonBut the strength of his arm, and the bravery of his heart could not have defended him long against their determined attack.
The Pastor's Fire-side Vol. 3 of 4 | Jane PorterUric acid is decreased before an attack of gout and increased afterward, but its etiologic relation is still uncertain.
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