Definitions of attack:

• noun:   a decisive manner of beginning a musical tone or phrase
• noun:   an offensive move in a sport or game

  Example: "They won the game with a 10-hit attack in the 9th inning"

• noun:   the act of attacking

  Example: "Attacks on women increased last year"

• noun:   (military) an offensive against an enemy (using weapons)

  Example: "The attack began at dawn"

• noun:   strong criticism

  Example: "He published an unexpected attack on my work"

• noun:   the onset of a corrosive or destructive process (as by a chemical agent)

  Example: "The film was sensitive to attack by acids"

• noun:   a sudden occurrence of an uncontrollable condition

  Example: "An attack of diarrhea"

• noun:   ideas or actions intended to deal with a problem or situation

  Example: "An attack on inflation"

• noun:   intense adverse criticism

  Example: "The government has come under attack"

• verb:   begin to injure

  Example: "The cancer cells are attacking his liver"

• verb:   set to work upon; turn one's energies vigorously to a task

  Example: "I attacked the problem as soon as I got out of bed"

• verb:   attack in speech or writing

  Example: "The editors of the left-leaning paper attacked the new House Speaker"

• verb:   take the initiative and go on the offensive

  Example: "The Serbs attacked the village at night"

• verb:   launch an attack or assault on; begin hostilities or start warfare with

  Example: "Hitler attacked Poland on September 1, 1939 and started World War II"

• verb:   attack someone physically or emotionally