poison pill | the target company defends itself by making its stock less attractive to an acquirer |
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 |
South American poison toad | a South American toad |
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 |
poison | anything that harms or destroys, the poison of fascism |
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 |
darling pea poison bush | either of two Australian plants of the genus Swainsona that are poisonous to sheep |
winter sweet poison arrow plant Acocanthera oblongifolia Acocanthera spectabilis | medium-sized shrubby tree of South Africa having thick leathery evergreen leaves and white or pink flowers and globose usually two-seeded purplish black fruits |
bushman's poison ordeal tree Acocanthera oppositifolia Acocanthera venenata | evergreen shrub or tree of South Africa |
fly poison Amianthum muscaetoxicum Amianthum muscitoxicum | all parts of plant are highly toxic, bulb pounded and used as a fly poison, sometimes placed in subfamily Melanthiaceae |
poison camas Zigadenus nuttalli | a common perennial death camas, Tennessee to Kansas to Texas |
poison bush poison pea gastrolobium | any of various Australian evergreen shrubs of the genus Gastrolobium having whorled compound leaves poisonous to livestock and showy yellow to deep reddish-orange flowers followed by two-seeded pods |
poison ash poison dogwood poison sumac Toxicodendron vernix Rhus vernix | smooth American swamp shrub with pinnate leaves and greenish flowers followed by greenish white berries, yields an irritating oil |
poison ivy markweed poison mercury poison oak Toxicodendron radicans Rhus radicans | climbing plant common in eastern and central United States with ternate leaves and greenish flowers followed by white berries, yields an irritating oil that causes a rash on contact |
western poison oak Toxicodendron diversilobum Rhus diversiloba | poisonous shrub of the Pacific coast of North America that causes a rash on contact |
eastern poison oak Toxicodendron quercifolium Rhus quercifolia Rhus toxicodenedron | poisonous shrub of southeastern United States causing a rash on contact |
black nightshade common nightshade poisonberry poison-berry Solanum nigrum | Eurasian herb naturalized in America having white flowers and poisonous hairy foliage and bearing black berries that are sometimes poisonous but sometimes edible |
hemlock poison hemlock poison parsley California fern Nebraska fern winter fern Conium maculatum | large branching biennial herb native to Eurasia and Africa and adventive in North America having large fernlike leaves and white flowers, usually found in damp habitats, all parts extremely poisonous |
poison milkweed horsetail milkweed Asclepias subverticillata | milkweed of southwestern United States and Mexico, poisonous to livestock |
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 |
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 |
poison ivy | dermatitis resulting from contact with the poison ivy plant, my poison ivy is drying up |
poison oak | dermatitis resulting from contact with a poison oak plant |
poison sumac | dermatitis resulting from contact with a poison sumac plant |
poison gas | a gas that is poisonous to breath or contact, used in chemical warfare |
poison toxicant poisonous substance | any substance that causes injury or illness or death of a living organism |