4.8.2.3 Attack
Use this domain for words referring to attacking someone--to begin fighting someone.
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(1) What words refer to attacking someone?
Example words: attack, lead an attack, the attack fell on, assault, assail, charge, come at, drive, force your way, go for, lay into, make a run on, rush, sail into, set upon, strike, confront, penetrate defenses, be on the offense
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(2) What words refer to attacking in war?
Example words: attack, invade, storm, raid, besiege, bombard
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(3) What words refer to surrounding an enemy?
Example words: surround, encircle, envelope, encirclement, encircling movement, envelopment
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(4) What words refer to an attack?
Example words: attack (n), assault, charge (n), onrush, rush (n), strike (n)
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(5) What words refer to an attack in war?
Example words: attack (n), assault (n), foray, invasion, incursion, strike (n), push, raid (n), offense, offensive, onset, onslaught, aggression, ambush (n), sally, siege, sortie, penetration
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(6) What words refer to a person or group that attacks?
Example words: attacker, attacking force, aggressor, assailant, invader, invasion force
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(7) What words refer to the person or place that is attacked?
Example words: victim, target, be under attack
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(8) What words describe a person or place that is easy to attack?
Example words: vulnerable, sitting duck, be an easy target, open to attack
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(9) What words refer to starting to fight?
Example words: launch an attack, mount an attack, start a fight, pick a fight, be spoiling for a fight, looking for a fight, challenge (someone to fight)
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(10) What words describe an attack that was not caused by an earlier action?
Example words: unprovoked
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(11) What words refer to attacking someone who has attacked you?
Example words: counter-attack, hit back, retaliate, strike back