attacks
Launches an offensive
Attacks is most often the verb: one person or group attacks another, a disease attacks the body, critics attack a policy.
The noun attack names the act itself—a military attack, an asthma attack, a panic attack.
To be under attack is to face aggression or criticism.
The attacks on her character were relentless.
Surprise strike from concealment
- raidSudden armed incursion
- strikeForceful impact or stoppage
- chargeCost or accusation
- offensiveCausing displeasure or attack-oriented
incursion · invasion · skirmish · bombardment · barrage · blitz · onslaught · siege
Repeated striking or pulsing
- stabbingWounding with a blade
- shootingDischarging a weapon
- muggingRobbery with violence
- batteringRepeated forceful striking
mauling · assault · battery · rampage · terrorism · bloodshed · brutality · maiming
Forcible taking or convulsion
- episodeSerialized content unit
- fitProper or healthy
- spellArrange letters correctly
- strokeSudden brain blood blockage
flare-up · paroxysm · convulsion · palpitation · spasm · onset · relapse · cardiac arrest
Detailed evaluative analysis
- rebukeExpress sharp disapproval
- denunciationFormal public accusation
- condemnationSevere disapproval expressed formally
- broadsideFierce written assault
tirade · diatribe · polemic · takedown · slam · roast · evisceration · smear
Shortcut or breach
- breachBreaking of agreement
- malwareHarmful computer programs
- phishingFraudulent credential harvesting
- ransomwareHostage-taking code
DDoS · virus · exploit · intrusion · cyberattack · brute-force · spyware · botnet
At the sides of
- pincerGrasping claw organ
- feintDeceptive mock attack
- diversionRedirection of attention
- encirclementSurrounding enemy forces completely
guerrilla · infiltration · sabotage · reconnaissance · maneuver · siege warfare · attrition · preemptive strike
ambush
Surprise strike from concealment
offensive · incursion · invasion · skirmish · bombardment · barrage · blitz · onslaught · siege · volley
beating
Repeated striking or pulsing
battering · mauling · assault · battery · rampage · terrorism · bloodshed · brutality · maiming · gunfire
seizure
Forcible taking or convulsion
stroke · flare-up · paroxysm · convulsion · palpitation · spasm · onset · relapse · cardiac arrest · angina
critique
Detailed evaluative analysis
- rebukeExpress sharp disapproval
- denunciationFormal public accusation
- condemnationSevere disapproval expressed formally
broadside · tirade · diatribe · polemic · takedown · slam · roast · evisceration · smear · character assassination
hack
Shortcut or breach
ransomware · DDoS · virus · exploit · intrusion · cyberattack · brute-force · spyware · botnet · zero-day
flanking
At the sides of
encirclement · guerrilla · infiltration · sabotage · reconnaissance · maneuver · siege warfare · attrition · preemptive strike · two-pronged
- criticismscriticizes, disparages, condemns, denounces, censures
- goutgout, uric acid, urate, flare, flare-up
- aggressionhostility, violence, fight, combativeness, aggression
- chesscheck, pawns, knights, rooks, pawn
- choiralto, soprano, tenor, bass section, baritone
- hostilityanimosity, hostility, antagonism, belligerence, malice
attacksdefends
Acts to protect
praises · supports · compliments · commends · endorses
attackshealth
Condition of body, mind
remissions · recoveries · stability · wellness · relief
- heart attackBlocked blood to muscle
- panic attacksAcute fear episodes
- shark attackMarine predator assault
- plan of attackMethod for achieving goals
- surprise attackUnanticipated offensive strike
- under attack
attack, attacked, attacker, attacking, counterattack, attackers, heart attack, counterattacks, reattacked