attack tone-beginning | a decisive manner of beginning a musical tone or phrase |
attack | an offensive move in a sport or game, they won the game with a -hit attack in the th inning |
attack attempt | the act of attacking, attacks on women increased last year, they made an attempt on his life |
approach attack plan of attack | ideas or actions intended to deal with a problem or situation, his approach to every problem is to draw up a list of pros and cons, an attack on inflation, his plan of attack was misguided |
biological warfare BW biological attack biologic attack bioattack | the use of bacteria or viruses or toxins to destroy men and animals or food |
attack onslaught onset onrush | (military) an offensive against an enemy (using weapons), the attack began at dawn |
air raid air attack | an attack by armed planes on a surface target |
ground attack | an attack by ground troops |
banzai attack banzai charge | a mass attack of troops without concern for casualties, originated by Japanese who accompanied it with yells of `banzai' |
diversion diversionary attack | an attack calculated to draw enemy defense away from the point of the principal attack |
preventive strike preventive attack | a strike that is carried out in order to deter expected aggression by hostile forces |
attack | strong criticism, he published an unexpected attack on my work |
surprise attack coup de main | an attack without warning |
terrorist attack | a surprise attack involving the deliberate use of violence against civilians in the hope of attaining political or religious aims |
vector | (genetics) a virus or other agent that is used to deliver DNA to a cell |
attack dog | a watchdog trained to attack on command |
aircraft carrier carrier flattop attack aircraft carrier | a large warship that carries planes and has a long flat deck for takeoffs and landings |
attack submarine | a military submarine designed and armed to attack enemy shipping |
fighter fighter aircraft attack aircraft | a high-speed military or naval airplane designed to destroy enemy aircraft in the air |
Joint Direct Attack Munition JDAM | a pinpoint bomb guidance device that can be strapped to a gravity bomb thus converting dumb bombs into smart bombs |
vector | a variable quantity that can be resolved into components |
vector product cross product | a vector that is the product of two other vectors |
vector sum resultant | a vector that is the sum of two or more other vectors |
radius vector | a line connecting a point in space to the origin of a polar coordinate system |
radius vector | a line connecting a satellite to the center of the body around which it is rotating |
vector algebra | the part of algebra that deals with the theory of vectors and vector spaces |
decomposition vector decomposition | the analysis of a vector field |
fire attack flak flack blast | intense adverse criticism, Clinton directed his fire at the Republican Party, the government has come under attack, don't give me any flak |
warning of attack | a warning to national policy makers that an enemy intends to launch an attack in the near future |
scare panic attack | a sudden attack of fear |
intermediate vector boson | a gauge boson that mediates weak interactions between particles |
liposomal delivery vector | a transducing vector that uses liposomes to carry the gene of interest |
transducing vector gene delivery vector | a vector for delivering genes into cells |
vector transmitter | any agent (person or animal or microorganism) that carries and transmits a disease, mosquitos are vectors of malaria and yellow fever, fleas are vectors of the plague, aphids are transmitters of plant diseases, when medical scientists talk about vectors they are usually talking about insects |
vector-borne transmission | indirect transmission of an infectious agent that occurs when a vector bites or touches a person |
viral delivery vector | a transducing vector that uses a retrovirus |
attack | the onset of a corrosive or destructive process (as by a chemical agent), the film was sensitive to attack by acids, open to attack by the elements |
angle of attack | the acute angle between the direction of the undisturbed relative wind and the chord of an airfoil |
vector | a straight line segment whose length is magnitude and whose orientation in space is direction |
attack | a sudden occurrence of an uncontrollable condition, an attack of diarrhea |
anxiety attack | a sudden acute episode of intense anxiety and feelings of panic |
heart attack | a sudden severe instance of abnormal heart function |
asthma asthma attack bronchial asthma | respiratory disorder characterized by wheezing, usually of allergic origin |
transient ischemic attack TIA | brief episode in which the brain gets insufficient blood supply, symptoms depend on the site of the blockage |
attack | begin to injure, The cancer cells are attacking his liver, Rust is attacking the metal |
attack | set to work upon, turn one's energies vigorously to a task, I attacked the problem as soon as I got out of bed |
attack round b assail lash out b snipe b assault | attack in speech or writing, The editors of the left-leaning paper attacked the new House Speaker |
attack aggress | take the initiative and go on the offensive, The Serbs attacked the village at night, The visiting team started to attack |
attack assail | launch an attack or assault on, begin hostilities or start warfare with, Hitler attacked Poland on September , and started World War II, Serbian forces assailed Bosnian towns all week |
assail assault set on attack | attack someone physically or emotionally, The mugger assaulted the woman, Nightmares assailed him regularly |