攻擊 — meaning in English

English meaning

• assault noun A sudden violent attack, whether physical or verbal.
• attack verb To use violent force against a person or place.
• engage verb To hold someone's attention or interest.
• impugn verb To assault, attack.
• pit noun A hole or hollow in the ground.
• pounce verb To leap suddenly on something in order to seize it.
• savage adj Extremely fierce, violent, or brutal.

Senses

攻擊 is used for these senses in English:

• assault (transitive) To attack, physically or figuratively; to assail.
• attack An attempt to cause damage, injury to, or death of an opponent or enemy.
• dust up (transitive, slang) To attack (a person) physically; to beat up.
• impugn (transitive, obsolete) To assault, attack.
• manhandle (transitive) To assault or beat up a person.
• pit (transitive) To make pits in; to mark with little hollows.
• pounce (intransitive) To attack suddenly by leaping.
• savage To attack or assault someone or something ferociously or without restraint.

assault — full definition

1. noun A sudden violent attack, whether physical or verbal.
2. noun In law, an act that makes someone fear immediate physical harm, even without actual contact.
3. verb To attack someone violently, physically or verbally.

attack — full definition

1. verb To use violent force against a person or place.
2. verb To criticize someone or something harshly in words.
3. verb To begin dealing with a task or problem with energy and determination.
4. noun A violent or aggressive act intended to harm.
5. noun A sudden episode of illness or pain.

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