English-Spanish translations for attack

atacarPero hay que atacar la causa, no el sistema. Attack the cause, not the system. No pretendo atacar a los científicos. I do not intend to attack the scientists. Se trata de atacar la imagen del tabaco. It is a question of attacking the image of smoking.
ataqueEs un ataque a los derechos humanos. It is an attack on human rights. Constituye un verdadero ataque a las clases obreras. It is a real attack on the working classes. El domingo pasado se produjeron 600 ataques de este tipo. Last Sunday, 600 attacks of this type occurred.

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

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