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at·tack

 (ə-tăk′)

v. at·tacked, at·tack·ing, at·tacks

v.tr.

1. To set upon with violent force.

2. To criticize strongly or in a hostile manner.

3. To start work on with purpose and vigor: attack a problem.

4. To act on in a detrimental way; cause harm to: a disease that attacks the central nervous system; lawn furniture attacked by corrosion.

5. Sports

a. To play (the ball) aggressively, especially by moving toward it rather than by waiting for it to arrive.

b. To move toward (the goal) on an offensive play, as in lacrosse.

c. In volleyball, to hit (the ball) forcefully over the net.

d. To make a sudden, intense effort to pass (a competitor in a race).

v.intr.

1. To make an attack; launch an assault: The enemy attacked during the night.

2. Sports

a. To make a play on offense; attempt to score.

b. To make a sudden, intense effort to pull ahead in a race.

n.

1. The act or an instance of attacking; an assault.

2. An expression of strong criticism; hostile comment: vicious attacks in all the newspapers.

3. Sports

a. Offensive play, especially in lacrosse.

b. An offensive play: Two midfielders were involved in the attack that resulted in a goal.

c. The players executing such a play.

d. Scoring ability or potential: a team with a powerful attack.

e. A forceful shot over the net in volleyball.

f. A sudden, intense effort to pull ahead in a race: waited until the last lap to begin her attack.

4.

a. The initial movement in a task or undertaking: made an optimistic attack on the pile of paperwork.

b. A method or procedure: Our attack on this project will have two phases.

5. An episode or onset of a disease, especially an occurrence of a chronic disease: an asthma attack.

6. The experience or beginning of a feeling, need, or desire: an attack of hunger; an attack of melancholy.

7.

a. Music The beginning or manner of beginning a piece, passage, or tone.

b. Decisiveness and clarity in artistic expression: a careful performance, but one lacking the rigorous attack the work demands.


[French attaquer, from Old French, from Old Italian *estaccare, of Germanic origin.]


at·tack′er n.

Synonyms: attack, assail, storm, assault, batter, beset
These verbs, drawn from military activity, mean in their figurative senses to act forcefully or aggressively toward someone or something. Attack applies especially to hostile verbal criticism: reviews that attacked the film for its senseless violence; attacked the ruling as detrimental to business interests.
Assail suggests repeated forceful attacks: Critics assailed the author’s second novel.
Storm refers to a sudden sweeping attempt to overwhelm or win over: «After triumphantly storming the country, [the President] is obliged to storm Capitol Hill» (The Economist).
Assault and batter can suggest relentless attack or debilitating force: «We are all assaulted by so many messages battering us from the outside every hour of the day that our capacity for listening to our own inner voices is often drowned out» (Harvey Cox).
Beset suggests beleaguerment from all sides: «Rural and suburban areas have been beset by white-tailed deer gnawing shrubbery and crops, spreading disease» (Andrew C. Revkin).

American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Translations

  • I’ve been attacked

Collins Multilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009

Recent Examples on the Web



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Мои примеры

Словосочетания

an elderly widow who was attacked and robbed last month — пожилая вдова, на которую в прошлом месяце напали и которую ограбили  
they attacked the enemy craft in midair — они атаковали самолёт противника в воздухе  
to be attacked from ambush — подвергнуться нападению из засады  
application attacked application — оспариваемая заявка  
attacked application — оспариваемая заявка  
attacked by fire — обстрелянный  
attacked fruit — поражённый плод  
attacked grain — пораженное зерно  
attacked mark — оспариваемый знак  
attacked patent — оспоренный патент  
attacked plant — пораженное растение  

Примеры с переводом

I was attacked by a dog.

На меня напала собака.

The troops attacked at dawn.

Войска атаковали на рассвете.

His scheme was furiously attacked.

Его проект был яростно раскритикован.

The girl had been attacked and left for dead.

На девушку напали и бросили умирать.

Our troops attacked the enemy.

Наши войска атаковали неприятеля.

They attacked the enemy’s line.

Они атаковали переднюю линию противника.

The enemy attacked treacherously.

Враг напал вероломно.

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Примеры, ожидающие перевода

He attacked the guard with a knife.

He was attacked on two separate occasions.

His shop was attacked by a gang of youths.

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Возможные однокоренные слова

attack  — атака, нападение, атаковать, нападать, нападающий, штурмовой
attackable  — уязвимый, спорный, открытый для нападения
attacks  — нападки
attacker  — атакующий, нападающий
attacking  — атакующий, нападающий

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    Персональный Сократ > attacked

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    attacked

    Синонимический ряд:

    1. battered (adj.) battered; beaten; bruised; hit; physically abused; pounded; thrashed

    2. hit (verb) assailed; assaulted; banged away at; beset; fall on; fell on/fallen on; fell upon/fallen upon; go at; have at; hit; sail in; stormed; struck; tackled; wade in

    English-Russian base dictionary > attacked

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    attacked

    English-Russian big polytechnic dictionary > attacked

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    attacked

    Большой англо-русский и русско-английский словарь > attacked

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    attacked

    Универсальный англо-русский словарь > attacked

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    attacked

    1) разрушенный; 2) воздействовал

    Англо-русский словарь нефтегазовой промышленности > attacked

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    attacked

    1) воздействовал; 2) разрушенный

    English-Russian dictionary of chemistre > attacked

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    attacked

    Англо-русский железнодорожный словарь > attacked

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    attacked

    Patent terms dictionary > attacked

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    attacked

    English-Russian big medical dictionary > attacked

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    attacked

    воздействовал; разрушенный

    The English-Russian dictionary general scientific > attacked

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    attacked plant

    Англо-русский словарь по экологии > attacked plant

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    attacked application

    Универсальный англо-русский словарь > attacked application

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    attacked by armed men

    Универсальный англо-русский словарь > attacked by armed men

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    attacked by fire

    Универсальный англо-русский словарь > attacked by fire

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    attacked fruit

    Универсальный англо-русский словарь > attacked fruit

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    attacked grain

    Универсальный англо-русский словарь > attacked grain

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    attacked mark

    Универсальный англо-русский словарь > attacked mark

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    attacked patent

    Универсальный англо-русский словарь > attacked patent

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    attacked plant

    Универсальный англо-русский словарь > attacked plant

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WordReference English-Russian Dictionary © 2023:

Главные переводы
английский русский
attack n (assault) нападение ср
  The attack left him with a broken nose.
  Во время нападения ему сломали нос.
attack⇒ vtr (assault) нападать на несов + предл + вин
    напасть на сов + предл + вин
  The robbers attacked him in the street.
  Грабители напали на него на улице.

Collins Russian Dictionary 2nd Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 2000, 1997:

attack [əˈtæk]
vt (MIL, fig) атакова́ть (impf/perf)
(assault) напада́ть (напа́сть*perf) на +acc
; (tackle, problem) бра́ться*(взя́ться*perf) энерги́чно за +acc

n (criticism, MIL) ата́ка; (assault) нападе́ние; (of illness) при́ступ#
heart attack серде́чный при́ступ

* is used to mark translations which have irregular inflections. The Russian-English side of the dictionary gives inflectional information.

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