English-German translations for attack

• angreifen
  Aber wir müssen auch die Philosophie dieser Debatte entschieden angreifen. But we must also resolutely attack the philosophy of this debate.
  In diesem Fall müssten wir zahlreiche Länder dieser Welt angreifen. If it were, we would be attacking many countries around the world.
  Es ist Zeit, dass wir einige der Personen, die Europa angreifen, in die Defensive treiben. It is time that we put some of the people who are attacking Europe on the defensive.
• Angriff der
  Es ist ein Angriff auf die Menschenrechte. It is an attack on human rights.
  Diese Angriffe und Gegenangriffe führen zu nichts. Attack and counter-attack are leading nowhere.
  Ein Angriff auf ein EU-Mitglied ist ein Angriff auf uns alle. An attack on one country of the EU is an attack on us all.
• Attacke die
• attackieren
  Die Grundrechte zu verteidigen, bedeutet ja gerade, jene zu attackieren, die sie im Rahmen der Europäischen Union verletzen. To defend fundamental rights means to attack those who violate them within the European Union.
  Es geht nicht an, das umlagebasierte Rentensystem mit den Pensionsfonds zu attackieren, wie dies vorgeschlagen wurde. It is out of the question to attack the pay-as-you-go pension system with pension funds, as has been proposed.
  Es ist leicht für uns Europäer, Mugabe fast täglich in Pressekommuniqués zu verurteilen und zu attackieren. It is very easy for us, as Europeans, to issue press releases almost every day, denouncing and attacking Mugabe.
• Anfall der
• anfallen
• Anschlag der
  Terror ist ein Anschlag auf unsere Werte. Terrorism is an attack on our values.
  Das hat der Anschlag gestern gezeigt. Yesterday's attack showed that.
  Dieser Anschlag war schon der dritte dieser Art in den vergangenen Wochen. This attack was the third such attack in recent weeks.
• Anstürmen das
• befall
• losfahren
• Sturm der
• Überfall der
  Die Erinnerung an Terrorakte, wie den Überfall in Madrid, haben wir noch frisch im Gedächtnis. Memories of terrorist attacks, such as the attack in Madrid, remain fresh in our memory.
  Dann kam am 28. Juni 1991 der brutale Überfall der jugoslawischen Volksarmee. Then on 28 June 1991 came the brutal attack by the Yugoslav People's Army.
  Der Überfall wurde perfekt aufgezeichnet, und ich empfehle uns allen diesen Film als Lehrstück. The attack was clearly filmed and I suggest that we all study it carefully.
• überfallen
  In meinem Büro sind in den letzten Wochen 3 Mitarbeiter überfallen worden. In my office in recent weeks, three colleagues have been attacked.
  Das ist nämlich der Tag, an dem der Oppositionsführer der Marij überfallen wurde. In fact, that is the date when the Mari opposition leader was attacked.
  Menschen werden überfallen, doch die wahren Schuldigen gehen straffrei aus. People are being attacked while the true perpetrators get off scot-free.

Definition of attack

• An attempt to cause damage, injury to, or death of opponent or enemy
• An attempt to detract from the worth or credibility of, a person, position, idea, object, or thing, by physical, verbal, emotional, or other assault
• A time in which one attacks; the offence of a battle
• The beginning of active operations on anything
• An attempt to exploit a vulnerability in a computer system
• Collectively, the bowlers of a cricket side
• The three attackmen on the field or all the attackmen of a team
• An active episode of a chronic or recurrent disease
• The amount of time it takes for the volume of an audio signal to go from zero to maximum level (e.g. an audio waveform representing a snare drum hit would feature a very fast attack, whereas that of a wave washing to shore would feature a slow attack
• To apply violent force to someone or something
• To aggressively challenge a person, idea, etc., with words (''particularly in newspaper headlines, because it typesets into less space than "criticize" or similar''
• To begin to affect; to act upon injuriously or destructively; to begin to decompose or waste
• To deal with something in a direct way; to set to work upon
• To aim balls at the batsman’s wicket
• To bat aggressively, so as to score runs quickly
• To accelerate quickly in an attempt to get ahead of the other riders

Examples

• They claimed the censorship of the article was an attack on free speech
• The army timed their attack to coincide with the local celebrations
• Having washed the plates from dinner, I made an attack on the laundry.
• birthday attack; denial-of-service attack
• Ive had an attack of the flu
• This species of snake will only attack humans if it feels threatened
• She published an article attacking the recent pay cuts
• We’ll have dinner before we attack the biology homework
• I attacked the meal with a hearty appetite

Related words

• counterattack
• counter-attack
• attacker
• attacks
• attacked
• attacking
• cyberattack
• cyberattacker
• unattackable