Attack is a word meaning to strike out at an opponent, among other definitions. It can also refer to:
- Angle of attack, a term used in aerodynamics
- The Attack (Animorphs), the twenty-sixth book in the Animorphs series
- Attack! (board game), a 2003 board game developed by Eagle Games
- Attack (2008 film), a 2008 film
- Attack (1956 film), a 1956 war film
- Attack!! (album), a 2002 album by Yngwie J. Angle of attack ( AOA, \alpha Greek letter alpha) is a term used in Aerodynamics to describe the Angle between the The Attack is the twenty-sixth book in the Animorphs series written by K For other uses see Attack. Attack! is a Board game published by Eagle Games and created by Glenn Drover released Attack, also known as Attack!, is a 1956 American War film. It was directed by Robert Aldrich and starred Attack!! is Yngwie Malmsteen 's first album with singer Doogie White, released in 2002 Malmsteen
- "Attack" (30 Seconds to Mars song), a song by 30 Seconds to Mars
- Attack, a song by System of a Down on Hypnotize (album)
- The Attack (band)
- Attack Records (UK), a British record label
- Attack (fencing), an offensive movement in fencing
- Der Angriff (English: "The Attack"), a Nazi Newspaper
- Attack No. 1, a Japanese manga and anime
- Attack!, a Japanese laundry detergent made by the Kao Corporation
- Attack, a journalese word for "criticise"
- Attack move in gaming
- In music how quickly a sound reaches full volume, see ADSR envelope
See also
- Warfare
- Military science
- Defense (military)
- Counterattack
- Envelope detector
- Interonset interval, the timing between attacks. " Attack " is the first single released from 30 Seconds to Mars 's second album A Beautiful Lie ( 2005) Hypnotize is the fifth Album by System of a Down and the second half of the Mezmerize / Hypnotize Double album The Attack are a band formed in 1966 around singer Richard Shirman (born 26 April 1949, London) Attack Records ran originally from 1969 to 1980 as an imprint of Trojan Records. In Fencing, an attack is the first offensive movement of a phrase. Der Angriff (meaning "The Attack" in English was a newspaper founded in 1927 by the Berlin Gau of the NSDAP. is a Japanese Manga series by Chikako Urano. It also became the first televised female sports anime series in the Shōjo category is a Chemical and Cosmetics company headquartered in Tokyo, Japan. The word critic comes from the Greek el κριτικός ( el-Latn kritikós) "able to discern" which in turn derives from the word ADSR envelope is a component of many Synthesizers samplers and other Electronic musical instruments. War is an international relations Dispute, characterized by organized Violence between National Military units Military Science is the process of translating National defence policy to produce Military capability by employing Military scientists including Defence A counterattack An envelope detector is an electronic circuit that takes a high-frequency signal as input and provides an output which is the "envelope" of the original signal In Music the interonset interval or IOI is the Time between the beginnings or attack-points of successive events or Notes the interval between onsets
Dictionary
attack
-noun
- An attempt to cause damage or injury to, or to somehow detract from the worth or credibility of, a person, position, idea, object, or thing, by physical, verbal, emotional, or other assault.
- A time in which one attacks. The offence of a battle.
- (cricket) Collectively, the bowlers of a cricket side.
- (volleyball) Any contact with the ball other than a serve or block which sends the ball across the plane of the net.
- (medicine) The sudden onset of a disease.
- (audio) The amount of time it takes for the volume of an audio signal to go from zero to maximum level (e.g. an audio waveform representing a snare drum hit would feature a very fast attack, whereas that of a wave washing to shore would feature a slow attack).
-verb
- (transitive) To apply violent force to someone or something.
- (transitive) To aggressively challenge a person, idea, etc., with words (particularly in newspaper headlines, because it typesets into less space than "criticize" or similar).
- (transitive, cricket) To aim balls at the batsman’s wicket.
- (intransitive, cricket) To set a field, or bowl in a manner designed to get wickets.
- (intransitive, cricket) To bat aggressively, so as to score runs quickly.
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