attack is the best form of defence
In a battle or dispute, attacking the opposition first is better than waiting for them to attack.
attack
UK /əˈtæk/ US /əˈtæk/
noun 5verb 5adj 1
Definitions
noun
1
An attempt to cause damage, injury to, or death of an opponent or enemy.
From 1906 to 1960, there were forty-six recorded shark attacks, half of which were fatal.
One particularly damaging, but often ignored, effect of conflict on education is the proliferation of attacks on schools[…]as children, teachers or school buildings become the targets of attacks. Parents fear sending their children to school. Girls are particularly vulnerable to sexual violence.
2
An attempt to cause damage, injury to, or death of an opponent or enemy.
Combat in Mimesis Online is nice and simple. You click on your target […] and then keep right-clicking your chosen attack from the drop down menu. Every time you right click on the attack, your character will swing, shoot, etc.
Kleavor has several attacks that it's worth roughly memorising: a charge attack, where it runs at you quickly; a jump attack, that causes a pillar of rock to spike out from under the ground; and a spin attack that does damage in a circle around it.
3
An attempt to detract from the worth or credibility of, a person, position, idea, object, or thing, by physical, verbal, emotional, or other assault.
“I came down like a wolf on the fold, didn’t I ? Why didn’t I telephone ? Strategy, my dear boy, strategy. This is a surprise attack, and I’d no wish that the garrison, forewarned, should escape. …”
They claimed the censorship of the article was an attack on free speech.
4
A time in which one attacks; the offence of a battle.
The army timed their attack to coincide with the local celebrations.
5
The beginning of active operations on anything.
Having washed the plates from dinner, I made an attack on the laundry.
verb
1
To apply violent force to someone or something.
This species of snake will only attack humans if it feels threatened.
Yesterday, December seventh, 1941, a date which will live in infamy, the United States of America was suddenly and deliberately attacked by naval and air forces of the Empire of Japan.
2
To aggressively challenge a person, idea, etc., with words (particularly in newspaper headlines, because it typesets into less space than "criticize" or similar).
She published an article attacking the recent pay cuts.
It was puzzling to read a column that claimed to be attacking me, yet espoused the main ideas in my article.
3
To begin to affect; to act upon injuriously or destructively; to begin to decompose or waste.
On the fourth of March he was attacked by fever.
Hydrofluoric acid […] attacks the glass.
4
To deal with something in a direct way; to set to work upon.
We’ll have dinner before we attack the biology homework.
I attacked the meal with a hearty appetite.
5
To aim balls at the batsman’s wicket.
adj
1
Designed or kept for the purpose of confrontation.
attack dog, attack ad
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