| impingement impaction | a sharp collision produced by striking or dashing against something |
impingement
encroachment impact | influencing strongly, they resented the impingement of American values on European culture |
| 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 |
| 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 |
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 |
| 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 |
corrosion
corroding
erosion | erosion by chemical action |
| angle of attack | the acute angle between the direction of the undisturbed relative wind and the chord of an airfoil |
| 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 |
| corrosion | a state of deterioration in metals caused by oxidation or chemical action |
| 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 |
| corrosion-resistant | impervious to corrosion, he was a great believer in the corrosion-resistant qualities of cast iron |
under attack(p)
under fire(p) | subjected to enemy attack or censure, an official under fire for mismanagement |