- assaultive, attacking - disposed to attack
Antonym: defensive (indirect, via offensive)
- attack, assail - launch an attack or assault on; begin hostilities or start warfare with; "Hitler attacked Poland on September 1, 1939 and started World War II"; "Serbian forces assailed Bosnian towns all week"
--1 is one way to fight, struggle
Antonyms: defend
Sample sentences:Derived forms: noun attack1, noun attacker1
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
- attack, round, assail, lash out, snipe, assault - attack in speech or writing; "The editors of the left-leaning paper attacked the new House Speaker"
--2 is one way to knock, criticize, criticise, pick apart
Sample sentences:Derived forms: noun attack3, noun attacker1
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something
- attack, aggress - take the initiative and go on the offensive; "The Serbs attacked the village at night"; "The visiting team started to attack"
--3 is one way to act, move
Sample sentences:Derived forms: noun attack1, noun attacker1
Something ----s
Somebody ----s
=> Somebody ----s something
=> Somebody ----s somebody
- assail, assault, set on, attack - attack someone physically or emotionally; "The mugger assaulted the woman"; "Nightmares assailed him regularly"
Sample sentences:Derived forms: noun attack4, noun attacker1
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
- 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"
--5 is one way to get down, begin, get, start out, start, set about, set out, commence
Sample sentence:Derived form: noun attacker1
Somebody ----s something
- attack - begin to injure; "The cancer cells are attacking his liver"; "Rust is attacking the metal"
--6 is one way to affect
Sample sentence:Derived forms: noun attack6, noun attacker1
Something ----s something