Attacked Attack əˈtæk Man Knife Guerrillas Night Verb

• most dogs will not attack unless provoked.
• a woman was attacked and robbed by a gang of youths.
• the man attacked him with a knife.
• the guerrillas attack at night.

attack

1. to use violence to try to hurt or kill somebody
• Most dogs will not attack unless provoked.
• A woman was attacked and robbed by a gang of youths.
• The man attacked him with a knife.
2. to use weapons, such as guns and bombs against an enemy in a war, etc.
• The guerrillas attack at night.
• At dawn the army attacked the town.
3. to criticize somebody/something severely
• a newspaper article attacking the England football manager
• She has been attacked for ignoring her own party members.
4. to have a harmful effect on something
• a disease that attacks the brain
• The vines were attacked by mildew.
5. to deal with something with a lot of energy and determination
• Let's attack one problem at a time.
6. to go forward in a game in order to try to score goals or points
• compare defend
  https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/defend
• Spain attacked more in the second half and deserved a goal.

Extra Examples

• He attacked her with a knife.
• She was brutally attacked by two men.
• The police have been strongly attacked for not taking immediate action.
• Bacteria act on sugars to form acids which attack the tooth surface.
• He attacked the idea that the company’s practices were bad for the environment.
• It’s alleged that the man savagely attacked the pensioner in his home.
• Let’s attack one problem at a time.
• The disease attacks the central nervous system.
• The guerrillas usually attack at night.
• The studio audience repeatedly attacked the minister for her stance.
• The vines had been attacked by mildew.
• The virus attacks different cells in the body.
• They run a helpline for women who have been sexually attacked.

Verb Forms

• present simple I / you / we / they attack
• he / she / it attacks
• past simple attacked
• past participle attacked
• -ing form attacking

Word Origin

• early 17th cent.: from French attaque (noun), attaquer (verb), from Italian attacco ‘an attack’, attaccare ‘join battle’, based on an element of Germanic origin (see attach).