(v. t.) To fall upon with force; to assail, as with force and arms; to assault.
(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.
(v. t.) To set to work upon, as upon a task or problem, or some object of labor or investigation.
(v. t.) To begin to affect; to begin to act upon, injuriously or destructively; to begin to decompose or waste.
(v. i.) To make an onset or attack.
(n.) The act of attacking, or falling on with force or violence; an onset; an assault; -- opposed to defense.
(n.) An assault upon one's feelings or reputation with unfriendly or bitter words.
(n.) A setting to work upon some task, etc.
(n.) An access of disease; a fit of sickness.
(n.) The beginning of corrosive, decomposing, or destructive action, by a chemical agent.
Example Sentences:
(1) In attacking the motion to freeze the licence fee during today's Parliamentary debate the culture secretary, Andy Burnham, criticised the Tory leader.
(2) The major treatable risk factors in thromboembolic stroke are hypertension and transient ischemic attacks (TIA).
(3) In January, Paris taxi drivers attacked an Uber car transporting two passengers from Charles de Gaulle airport.
(4) The manufacturers, British Aerospace describe it as a "single-seat, radar equipped, lightweight, multi-role combat aircraft, providing comprehensive air defence and ground attack capability".
(5) She had three attacks of severe migrainous headache accompanied with nausea and vomiting within three weeks.
(6) 2.39pm BST The European Union called for a "thorough and immediate" investigation of the alleged chemical attack.
(7) Lactate-induced anxiety and symptom attacks without panic were seen more often in the groups with panic attacks, but a full-blown panic attack was provoked in only four subjects, all belonging to the groups with a history of panic attacks.
(8) A 45-year-old mother of four, named as Hediye Sen, was killed during clashes in Cizre, while a 70-year-old died of a heart attack during fighting in Silopi, according to hospital sources.
(9) A full-scale war is unlikely but there is clear concern in Seoul about the more realistic threat of a small-scale attack on the South Korean military or a group of islands near the countries' disputed maritime border in the Yellow Sea.
(10) This attack can take place during organogenesis, during early differentiation of neural anlagen after neural tube closure or during biochemical differentiation of the brain.
(11) For the second propositus, a woman presenting with abdominal and psychiatric manifestations, the age of onset was 38 years; the acute attack had no recognizable cause; she had mild skin lesions and initially was incorrectly diagnosed as intermittent acute porphyria; the diagnosis of variegate porphyria was only established at the age of 50 years.
(12) My thoughts are with all those who have lost loved ones or been injured in this barbaric attack.
(13) The charges against Harrison were filed just after two white men were accused of fatally shooting three black people in Tulsa in what prosecutors said were racially motivated attacks.
(14) Treatment with salbutamol inhalation had a beneficial effect on the duration of their adynamic attacks.
(15) Diabetic retinopathy (an index of microangiopathy) and absence of peripheral pulses, amputation, or history of myocardial infarction, stroke, or transient ischemic attacks (as evidence of macroangiopathy) caused surprisingly little increase in relative risk for cardiovascular death.
(16) The remain side have already targeted Johnson’s credibility in attacks that the Brexiters believe were orchestrated by Downing Street.
(17) I first saw them live at the location of the terror attack, Manchester Arena – then the MEN – aged 15, a teen at a gig with my friends, as many of the Grande’s fans were.
(18) Maguire's colleagues rushed to her side, some administering first aid while others held her attacker, witnesses said.
(19) But late last month, Amisom pushed them out of Afgoye, a strategic stronghold 30km from Mogadishu, where Amisom officials say the militants used to manufacture explosives used in attacks on the capital.
(20) Repeated transient ischemic attacks in the same territory with minimal lesions on arteriography and non-homogeneous plaque on duplex scan; 2.
Sally
Definition:
(v. i.) To leap or rush out; to burst forth; to issue suddenly; as a body of troops from a fortified place to attack besiegers; to make a sally.
(v.) A leaping forth; a darting; a spring.
(v.) A rushing or bursting forth; a quick issue; a sudden eruption; specifically, an issuing of troops from a place besieged to attack the besiegers; a sortie.
(v.) An excursion from the usual track; range; digression; deviation.
(v.) A flight of fancy, liveliness, wit, or the like; a flashing forth of a quick and active mind.
(v.) Transgression of the limits of soberness or steadiness; act of levity; wild gayety; frolic; escapade.
Example Sentences:
(1) The list is split between on and off-screen talent, including Sherlock producer Sue Vertue, the writer of Last Tango in Halifax and Happy Valley, Sally Wainwright, and Elisabeth Murdoch , founder of MasterChef producer Shine.
(2) Leaving aside those who make difficult interviewees because they are difficult people, Sally Wainwright is probably the most difficult interviewee ever.
(3) The recent Channel 4 documentary "You're killing my son" told the story of Neon Roberts, a young boy whose treatment for a brain tumour was halted by his mother Sally, who remained convinced that radiotherapy would cause long-term harm and wanted to try alternative medical treatments.
(4) McAlpine was not named in the programme, but he was incorrectly linked to the claims on the internet, including by the speaker's wife, Sally Bercow, and the actor Alan Davies.
(5) Dame Sally Davies, the chief medical officer, said at the time however that e-cigarettes should only be used a means to help smokers quit.
(6) So off he toddled with his bindle-stick to play at running away, taking refuge at Sally's house.
(7) These days large theatres such as the Met in New York still use the recitative, but most productions tend to opt for the original dialogue, while a few, including Sally Potter's production for ENO in 2007, attempt to make do without either.
(8) One consequence of the Cummings memo was that the Labour peer Sally Morgan was not reappointed as chair of Ofsted’s board earlier this year, in an effort to force the pace of internal change.
(9) In a statement, the chief medical officer, Professor Dame Sally Davies, said: "Severe winter flu and its complications can make people really ill and can kill, particularly those who are weak and frail which is why we already offer vaccinations to the most at risk groups.
(10) BBC1’s police thriller Happy Valley, starring Sarah Lancashire set in the Calder Valley and written by Sally Wainwright , will return for a third series after its second pulled 7 million viewers.
(11) One of the greatest Hollywood comedies, When Harry Met Sally , is still largely remembered as a "chick flick", when it was directed by Rob Reiner, the man who made Spinal Tap .
(12) Legally, Sally has every right to demand the money back – no one is entitled to keep money wrongly credited to their account.
(13) Sally Copley, Save the Children's head of UK policy, said the government needed a way to count children in extreme poverty.
(14) We must urgently change course to avert this potential crisis.” There has also been considerable advocacy by health officials, like Sally Davies, chief medical officer of the UK.
(15) The 14-member committee – whose only woman is Northampton MP Sally Keeble – stopped short of calling for quotas on female board representation in financial firms or for legal changes to boost the profile of women in the City.
(16) For example, Sue and Dorrie heard the voice mention "David", "pain in the back" and "passed quickly", and they both claim that Sally then repeated this word-for-word on stage, but in a more dramatic fashion.
(17) Sally Chisholm of the NHS Technology Adoption Centre blamed "budget silos", as narrow funding streams often present financial disincentives to changing the way of working.
(18) We need our Stephen Hawkings, but we also need Bob the Builder, firefighter Sally, Ned the nurse, soldier Salim and postal worker Patu.
(19) Sally sent us off on the Tiny Tim Trail, a sloping, twisting, turning snowshoe path that had me panting and out of breath in less than five minutes.
(20) Some might gently suggest it is best left empty, but Sally threw good judgment to the wind and took to internet dating.