Attack (v. t.) To fall upon with force |
Attack (v. t.) To assail with unfriendly speech or writing |
Attack (v. t.) To set to work upon, as upon a task or problem, or some object of labor or investigation. |
Attack (v. t.) To begin to affect |
Attack (v. i.) To make an onset or attack. |
Attack (n.) The act of attacking, or falling on with force or violence |
Attack (n.) An assault upon one's feelings or reputation with unfriendly or bitter words. |
Attack (n.) A setting to work upon some task, etc. |
Attack (n.) An access of disease |
Attack (n.) The beginning of corrosive, decomposing, or destructive action, by a chemical agent. |
Incidence (n.) A falling on or upon |
Incidence (n.) The direction in which a body, or a ray of light or heat, falls on any surface. |
Range (n.) To set in a row, or in rows |
Range (n.) To place (as a single individual) among others in a line, row, or order, as in the ranks of an army |
Range (n.) To separate into parts |
Range (n.) To dispose in a classified or in systematic order |
Range (n.) To rove over or through |
Range (n.) To sail or pass in a direction parallel to or near |
Range (n.) To be native to, or to live in |
Range (v. i.) To rove at large |
Range (v. i.) To have range |
Range (v. i.) To be placed in order |
Range (v. i.) To have a certain direction |
Range (v. i.) To be native to, or live in, a certain district or region |
Range (v.) A series of things in a line |
Range (v.) An aggregate of individuals in one rank or degree |
Range (v.) The step of a ladder |
Range (v.) A kitchen grate. |
Range (v.) An extended cooking apparatus of cast iron, set in brickwork, and affording conveniences for various ways of cooking |
Range (v.) A bolting sieve to sift meal. |
Range (v.) A wandering or roving |
Range (v.) That which may be ranged over |
Range (v.) Extent or space taken in by anything excursive |
Range (v.) The region within which a plant or animal naturally lives. |
Range (v.) The horizontal distance to which a shot or other projectile is carried. |
Range (v.) Sometimes, less properly, the trajectory of a shot or projectile. |
Range (v.) A place where shooting, as with cannons or rifles, is practiced. |
Range (v.) In the public land system of the United States, a row or line of townships lying between two successive meridian lines six miles apart. |
Range (v.) See Range of cable, below. |
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 |
range animal | any animal that lives and grazes in the grassy open land of western North America (especially horses, cattle, sheep) |
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 |
electric range | a kitchen range in which the heat for cooking is provided by electric power |
fighter fighter aircraft attack aircraft | a high-speed military or naval airplane designed to destroy enemy aircraft in the air |
firing range target range | a practice range for target practice |
gas range gas stove gas cooker | a range with gas rings and an oven for cooking with gas |
golf range driving range | a practice range for practicing golf shots |
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 |
omnirange omnidirectional range omnidirectional radio range | a navigational system consisting of a network of radio beacons that provide aircraft with information about exact position and bearing |
practice range | a place for practicing golf shots |
range | a place for shooting (firing or driving) projectiles of various kinds, the army maintains a missile range in the desert, any good golf club will have a range where you can practice |
rangefinder range finder | a measuring instrument (acoustic or optical or electronic) for finding the distance of an object |
range hood | exhaust hood over a kitchen range |
range pole ranging pole flagpole | surveying instrument consisting of a straight rod painted in bands of alternate red and white each one foot wide, used for sightings by surveyors |
rifle range | a range where people can practice shooting rifles, during the war they turned the bowling alleys into rifle ranges |
rocket range | a firing range for rocket missiles |
shooting gallery shooting range | an enclosed firing range with targets for rifle or handgun practice |
stove kitchen stove range kitchen range cooking stove | a kitchen appliance used for cooking food, dinner was already on the stove |
test range | a range for conducting tests |
visual range | distance at which a given standard object can be seen with the unaided eye |
scope range reach orbit compass ambit | an area in which something acts or operates or has power or control: the range of a supersonic jet, a piano has a greater range than the human voice, the ambit of municipal legislation, within the compass of this article, within the scope of an investigation, outside the reach of the law, in the political orbit of a world power |
approximate range ballpark | near to the scope or range of something, his answer wasn't even in the right ballpark |
compass range reach grasp | the limit of capability, within the compass of education |
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 |
image range range of a function | (mathematics) the set of values of the dependent variable for which a function is defined, the image of f(x) x^ is the set of all non-negative real numbers if the domain of the function is the set of all real numbers |
range | a variety of different things or activities, he answered a range of questions, he was impressed by the range and diversity of the collection |
home range home territory | the area in which an animal normally ranges |
range reach | the limits within which something can be effective, range of motion, he was beyond the reach of their fire |
range | a large tract of grassy open land on which livestock can graze, they used to drive the cattle across the open range every spring, he dreamed of a home on the range |
rifle range rifle shot | the distance that a rifle bullet will carry, the target was out of rifle range |
Admiralty Range | mountains in Antarctica to the north of Victoria Land |
Alaska Range | a mountain range in south central Alaska, contains Mount McKinley |