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The correct spelling is attack.
How to pronounce attack
/əˈtæk/
nounIPA: /əˈtæk/
Say it like: Att-ak
The correct spelling is attack. An attempt to cause damage, injury to, or death of opponent or enemy. For example: "They claimed the censorship of the article was an attack on free speech."
Usage Examples
“They claimed the censorship of the article was an attack on free speech.”
“The army timed their attack to coincide with the local celebrations.”
“Having washed the plates from dinner, I made an attack on the laundry.”
Meanings
noun
- 1.An attempt to cause damage, injury to, or death of opponent or enemy.
- 2.An attempt to detract from the worth or credibility of, a person, position, idea, object, or thing, by physical, verbal, emotional, or other assault.
- 3.A time in which one attacks; the offence of a battle.
- 4.(by extension) The beginning of active operations on anything.
- 5.An attempt to exploit a vulnerability in a computer system.
verb
- 1.To apply violent force to someone or something.
- 2.To aggressively challenge a person, idea, etc., with words (particularly in newspaper headlines, because it typesets into less space than "criticize" or similar).
- 3.To begin to affect; to act upon injuriously or destructively; to begin to decompose or waste.
- 4.To deal with something in a direct way; to set to work upon.
- 5.To aim balls at the batsman’s wicket.
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