- Types Of Speech
- You can use attack as a noun or as a verb in a sentence.
- About Attack
- A 2 syllables noun and 6 letters with the letters a, c, k, and t, 4 consonants, 2 vowels and 2 syllables with the middle letters ta. Attack starts with a vowel and ends in a consonant with the starting letters a, at, att, atta, attac, and the ending characters are k, ck, ack, tack, ttack, . Attack is also a double consonant (tt) word. View the double consonant words list.
- Definition
- A decisive manner of beginning a musical tone or phrase
- Origin/Roots
- French
- Scrabble
- Is attack a scrabble word? A 12 point word in scrabble. Check the word games tab below for probability, odds and more.
- Pig Latin
- Attack in Pig Latin is said as "attackay or attackway".
- Unigram
- a | t | t | a | c | k
- Bigram
- at | tt | ta | ac | ck
- Trigram
- att | tta | tac | ack
- Quadrigram
- atta | ttac | tack
- Word Gram
- Noun Examples
- a decisive manner of beginning a musical tone or phrase
- an offensive move in a sport or game;
"they won the game with a 10-hit attack in the 9th inning" - the act of attacking;
"attacks on women increased last year";
"they made an attempt on his life" - ideas or actions intended to deal with a problem or situation;
"his approach to every problem is to draw up a list of pros and cons";
"an attack on inflation";
"his plan of attack was misguided" - (military) an offensive against an enemy (using weapons);
"the attack began at dawn" - strong criticism;
"he published an unexpected attack on my work" - intense adverse criticism;
"Clinton directed his fire at the Republican Party";
"the government has come under attack";
"don't give me any flak" - the onset of a corrosive or destructive process (as by a chemical agent);
"the film was sensitive to attack by acids";
"open to attack by the elements" - a sudden occurrence of an uncontrollable condition;
"an attack of diarrhea"
- Verb Examples
- begin to injure;
"The cancer cells are attacking his liver";
"Rust is attacking the metal" - set to work upon;
turn one's energies vigorously to a task;
"I attacked the problem as soon as I got out of bed" - attack in speech or writing;
"The editors of the left-leaning paper attacked the new House Speaker" - take the initiative and go on the offensive;
"The Serbs attacked the village at night";
"The visiting team started to attack" - launch an attack or assault on;
begin hostilities or start warfare with;
"Hitler attacked Poland on September 1, 1939 and started World War II";
"Serbian forces assailed Bosnian towns all week" - attack someone physically or emotionally;
"The mugger assaulted the woman";
"Nightmares assailed him regularly"
| Synonym | Definition |
|---|---|
| Abdominal Epilepsy | |
| Abuse | cruel or inhumane treatment |
| Accept | tolerate or accommodate oneself to "I shall have to accept these unpleasant working conditions" "I swallowed the insult" "She has learned to live with her husband''s little idiosyncracies" |
| Access | the act of approaching or entering "he gained access to the building" |
| Accuse | bring an accusation against level a charge against "He charged the man with spousal abuse" |
| Acquire | come to have or undergo a change of (physical features and attributes) "He grew a beard" "The patient developed abdominal pains" |
| Acquired Epilepsy | |
| Action | something done (usually as opposed to something said) "there were stories of murders and other unnatural actions" |
| Activated Epilepsy | |
| Activation | making active and effective (as a bomb) |
View all cognitive synonyms for Attack
| Anagram | Definition |
|---|---|
| Attack | a decisive manner of beginning a musical tone or phrase |
View English words with the unique letters used in attack. Words With The Letters Ackt
| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| Beginning | the act of starting something "he was responsible for the beginning of negotiations" |
| Commencement | the act of starting something "he was responsible for the beginning of negotiations" |
| Start | the act of starting something "he was responsible for the beginning of negotiations" |
| Word | Scrabble | Words With Friends | Word Chums | 4Pics1Word | Jumble |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Attack (6 letters) | 12 | 13 | attack | ||
| Tack (4 letters) | 10 | 11 | tack | ||
| Tacky (5 letters) | 14 +2 | 14 +1 | tacky |
Attack Is In These Word Lists
- Starts With A
- Ends With K
- Spelled With / Contains Letters
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