English-Italian translations for attack

• attacco
  È un attacco ai diritti umani. It is an attack on human rights.
  Un attacco ad un paese dell'Unione europea è un attacco a noi tutti. An attack on one country of the EU is an attack on us all.
  Un attacco alla libertà di stampa è un attacco alla democrazia. An attack against press freedom is an attack against democracy.
• assalto
  Situazione in Somalia e assalto contro "Medici senza frontiere Situation in Somalia and attack against "Médecins sans frontières
  Assalto alla chiesa di San Giorgio Attack on St George's Cathedral in Istanbul
  Oggetto: Assalto a camion spagnoli carichi di prodotti ortofrutticoli da parte degli agricoltori francesi Subject: Attacks by French farmers against Spanish lorries carrying fruit and vegetables
• attaccare
  Non intendevo attaccare la sua persona in particolare. I was not attacking him, specifically.
  Non ho alcuna intenzione di attaccare gli scienziati. I do not intend to attack the scientists.
  Allo stesso modo, ha sbagliato ad attaccare il gruppo socialista. To that extent, you were wrong to attack the Socialist Group.
• attentato
  Un attentato a un deputato, ovunque esso avvenga, equivale a un attentato alla democrazia. An attack on an MP anywhere amounts to an attack on democracy.
  Si tratta del terzo attentato di questo tipo nel giro di qualche settimana. This attack was the third such attack in recent weeks.
  Hanno attentato alla mia persona anche in casa. I have also been attacked in my home.
• offensiva
  L'Unione europea, o gli Stati membri coinvolti, sono stati consultati sui piani dell'offensiva? Was the European Union, or at least the Member States involved, consulted about the plan of attack?
  Ora, invece, si cerca di creare i presupposti per un nuovo intervento militare nella zona e un’azione offensiva contro le popolazioni. And now efforts are being made to create the preconditions so that there can be a new military intervention in the area and overall attack on the peoples.
  Per concludere desidero reiterare il mio vivo sostegno all'onorevole Sornosa Martínez, che a mio avviso ha scelto un'ottima linea offensiva. I would therefore once again like to express my warm support to Mrs Sornosa Martínez, who I believe has chosen a very good line of attack.

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