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Attack

ATTACK', v.t [Heb. to thrust, to drive, to strike.
1. To assault; to fall upon with force; to assail, as with force and arms. It is the appropriate word for the commencing act of hostility between armies and navies.
2. To fall upon, with unfriendly words or writing; to begin a controversy with; to attempt to overthrow or bring into disrepute, by satire, calumny or criticism; as, to attack a man or his opinions in a pamphlet.
ATTACK', n. An onset; first invasion; a falling on, with force or violence, or with calumny, satire or criticism.
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