night attack
Strike after sunset
A night attack is a military assault conducted under cover of darkness, exploiting reduced visibility to achieve surprise or tactical advantage.
The term extends to any aggressive action taken at night: The foxes made their night attack on the henhouse.
In gaming, night attacks often carry special mechanics or bonuses.
- raidSudden armed incursion
- ambushSurprise strike from concealment
- darknessTotal absence of light
- stealthSecret, undetected movement
- surpriseUnexpected event causing astonishment
assault · moonless · covert · black ops · special ops · strike · infiltration · shadows · invasion · warfare · commando · guerrilla · behind enemy lines · blitz · hit and run · sortie · bombardment · sabotage
- ambushambuscade, bushwhack, trap, lying in wait, kill zone
- military tacticstactics, flanking, maneuver, ambush, battle formations
- Trojan WarTroy, Achilles, Hector, Helen, Odysseus
- infantry tacticsfire and maneuver, flanking maneuver, battle drills, defensive positions, ambush tactics
- deceptionlie, lies, lying, fake, fraud
- Revolutionary WarGeorge Washington, Benjamin Franklin, Thomas Jefferson, Paul Revere, Betsy Ross flag
night attackdefensive stand
Effort to resist attack
defensive position · night watch · holding action · retreat · withdrawal
night, attack, nights, nightly, nighttime, nightmare, nightfall, overnight, midnight