How do you use the word "attack" in a sentence?

Here are real-life examples of using "attack": Wolves won't usually attack people. I had an angina attack.

Attack Meaning

/əˈtæk/

Definition, CEFR level A2, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.

Definition

nounAn attempt to cause damage, injury to, or death of an opponent or enemy.

nounAn attempt to cause damage, injury to, or death of an opponent or enemy., Any of several specific maneuvers, skills, or special abilities that a character can use to inflict damage against opponents.

Sentence Examples

Wolves won't usually attack people.

I had an angina attack.

Most dogs will not attack unless provoked.

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms:

fire round blast

Antonyms:

defend

CEFR Practice Quiz

The lion will ____ its prey when it is within striking distance.

CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)

The soldiers were ordered to ____ the enemy's fort early at dawn.

Word Origin & History

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd Proto-Italic *ad Proto-Italic *ad- Latin ad- Italian a- Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁ Proto-Indo-European *d(w)is- Proto-Italic *dis- Latin dis- Old French des- Proto-Indo-European *(s)teyg- Proto-Germanic *stikaną Proto-West Germanic *stekander. Old French atachier Old French destachier Middle French destacherbor. Italian distaccare Italian staccare Italian attaccarebor. French attaquerdeverb. French attaquebor. English attack Borrowed from French attaque, derived from the verb attaquer, from Italian attaccare (“to join, attach”) (used in attaccare battaglia (“to join battle”)), from Frankish *stakkijan (“to stick, stick to, attach”). Doublet of attach. Displaced native Middle English onresen, from Old English onrǣsan (“to attack”); and Middle English resinge (“an assault, attack”) (compare Old English onrǣs (“an attack”)).

Literary Quotations & Historical Citations

"From 1906 to 1960, there were forty-six recorded shark attacks, half of which were fatal." — 1983, Richard Ellis, The Book of Sharks, Knopf, →ISBN, page 161:

"One particularly damaging, but often ignored, effect of conflict on education is the proliferation of attacks on schools[…]as children, teachers or school buildings become the targets of attacks. Parents fear sending their children to school. Girls are particularly vulnerable to sexual violence." — 2013 July 19, Mark Tran, “Denied an education by war”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 189, number 6, page 1:

"Combat in Mimesis Online is nice and simple. You click on your target […] and then keep right-clicking your chosen attack from the drop down menu. Every time you right click on the attack, your character will swing, shoot, etc." — 2002 March, Aaron Butler, “Mimesis Online (PC)”, in GameSpy.com, archived from the original on 16 Dec 2002:

"Kleavor has several attacks that it's worth roughly memorising: a charge attack, where it runs at you quickly; a jump attack, that causes a pillar of rock to spike out from under the ground; and a spin attack that does damage in a circle around it." — 2022 January 28, Chris Tapsell, “Pokémon Legends Arceus Kleavor boss fight: How to beat Kleavor”, in Eurogamer.ner:

"“I came down like a wolf on the fold, didn’t I ? Why didn’t I telephone ? Strategy, my dear boy, strategy. This is a surprise attack, and I’d no wish that the garrison, forewarned, should escape. …”" — 1913, Robert Barr, chapter 4, in Lord Stranleigh Abroad:

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