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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  Attack \At*tack"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Attacked; p. pr. & vb.
     n. Attacking.] [F. attaquer, orig. another form of attacher
     to attack: cf. It. attacare to fasten, attack. See Attach,
     Tack a small nail.]
     1. To fall upon with force; to assail, as with force and
        arms; to assault. ``Attack their lines.'' --Dryden.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. To assail with unfriendly speech or writing; to begin a
        controversy with; to attempt to overthrow or bring into
        disrepute, by criticism or satire; to censure; as, to
        attack a man, or his opinions, in a pamphlet.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     3. To set to work upon, as upon a task or problem, or some
        object of labor or investigation.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     4. To begin to affect; to begin to act upon, injuriously or
        destructively; to begin to decompose or waste.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              On the fourth of March he was attacked by fever.
                                                    --Macaulay.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              Hydrofluoric acid . . . attacks the glass. --B.
                                                    Stewart.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     Syn: To Attack, Assail, Assault, Invade.
  
     Usage: These words all denote a violent onset; attack being
            the generic term, and the others specific forms of
            attack. To attack is to commence the onset; to assail
            is to make a sudden and violent attack, or to make
            repeated attacks; to assault (literally, to leap upon)
            is to attack physically by a had-to-hand approach or
            by unlawful and insulting violence; to invade is to
            enter by force on what belongs to another. Thus, a
            person may attack by offering violence of any kind; he
            may assail by means of missile weapons; he may assault
            by direct personal violence; a king may invade by
            marching an army into a country. Figuratively, we may
            say, men attack with argument or satire; they assail
            with abuse or reproaches; they may be assaulted by
            severe temptations; the rights of the people may be
            invaded by the encroachments of the crown.
            [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  attacked \at*tacked"\ adj.
     affected by disease.
  
     Syn: infected.
          [WordNet 1.5]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  Attack \At*tack"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Attacked; p. pr. & vb.
     n. Attacking.] [F. attaquer, orig. another form of attacher
     to attack: cf. It. attacare to fasten, attack. See Attach,
     Tack a small nail.]
     1. To fall upon with force; to assail, as with force and
        arms; to assault. ``Attack their lines.'' --Dryden.
  
     2. To assail with unfriendly speech or writing; to begin a
        controversy with; to attempt to overthrow or bring into
        disrepute, by criticism or satire; to censure; as, to
        attack a man, or his opinions, in a pamphlet.
  
     3. To set to work upon, as upon a task or problem, or some
        object of labor or investigation.
  
     4. To begin to affect; to begin to act upon, injuriously or
        destructively; to begin to decompose or waste.
  
              On the fourth of March he was attacked by fever.
                                                    --Macaulay.
  
              Hydrofluoric acid . . . attacks the glass. --B.
                                                    Stewart.
  
     Syn: To Attack, Assail, Assault, Invade.
  
     Usage: These words all denote a violent onset; attack being
            the generic term, and the others specific forms of
            attack. To attack is to commence the onset; to assail
            is to make a sudden and violent attack, or to make
            repeated attacks; to assault (literally, to leap upon)
            is to attack physically by a had-to-hand approach or
            by unlawful and insulting violence; to invade is to
            enter by force on what belongs to another. Thus, a
            person may attack by offering violence of any kind; he
            may assail by means of missile weapons; he may assault
            by direct personal violence; a king may invade by
            marching an army into a country. Figuratively, we may
            say, men attack with argument or satire; they assail
            with abuse or reproaches; they may be assaulted by
            severe temptations; the rights of the people may be
            invaded by the encroachments of the crown.

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  attacked
     vb.
     (infl of en attack  ed-form)

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]

  attacked
     vb.
     (infl of en attack  ed-form)

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]

  attacked
     vb.
     (infl of en attack  ed-form)

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]

  attacked
     vb.
     (infl of en attack  ed-form)

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  attacked
     Englanti vb.
     (en-v-taivm a ttack ed)

From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  attacked
     Engelska a.
     (avledning en attack ordform=perfpart)
     Engelska vb.
     (böjning en verb attack)

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ara ]

  Attacked /ɐtˈakt/
  هاجم

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  attacked /ɐtˈakt/ 
  zasažený

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  attacked /ɐtˈakt/ 
  napadený

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  attacked /ɐtˈakt/ 
  přepadený

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  attacked /ɐtˈakt/
  napadl

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  attacked /ɐtˈakt/
  angegriffen, attackiert, überfallen, angefallen
        "I/he/she attacked"  - ich/er/sie griff an, ich/er/sie überfiel, ich/er/sie fiel an
        "he/she has/had attacked"  - er/sie hat/hatte angegriffen, er/sie hat/hatte überfallen
        "Terrorists attacked the World Trade Center in New York City in 2001."  - 2001 griffen Terroristen das World Trade Center in New York City an.
   see: attack sb., attacking, he/she attacks
  

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  attacked /ɐtˈakt/
  angegriffen
   see: attack, attacking
  

From English-Croatian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.2 :   [ freedict:eng-hrv ]

  attacked /ɐtˈakt/
  napada

From IPA:en_US :   [ IPA:en_US ]

  

/əˈtækt/


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