A Quick and Simple Dictionary

attack

1. Noun.  An attempt to cause damage or injury to, or to somehow detract from the worth or credibility of, a person, position, idea, object, or thing, by physical, verbal, emotional, or other assault.
2. Noun.  A time in which one attacks. The offence of a battle.
3. Noun.  (cricket) Collectively, the bowlers of a cricket side.
4. Noun.  (volleyball) Any contact with the ball other than a serve or block which sends the ball across the plane of the net.
5. Noun.  (lacrosse) The three attackmen on the field or all the attackmen of a team.
6. Noun.  (medicine) The sudden onset of a disease.
7. Noun.  (context, audio) The amount of time it takes for the volume of an audio signal to go from zero to maximum level (e.g. an audio waveform representing a snare drum hit would feature a very fast attack, whereas that of a wave washing to shore would feature a slow attack).
8. Verb.  (transitive) To apply violent force to someone or something.
9. Verb.  (transitive) To aggressively challenge a person, idea, etc., with words (''particularly in newspaper headlines, because it typesets into less space than "criticize" or similar'').
10. Verb.  (transitive) To deal with something undesirable in a direct way.
11. Verb.  (transitive, cricket) To aim balls at the batsman’s wicket.
12. Verb.  (intransitive, cricket) To set a field, or bowl in a manner designed to get wickets.
13. Verb.  (intransitive, cricket) To bat aggressively, so as to score runs quickly.
14. Verb.  (soccer) To move forward in an attempt to actively score point, as opposed to trying not to concede.