Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to attack
Participle: attacked
Gerund: attacking
Cognates
-
Indicative
Present
| I | attack |
| you | attack |
| he;she;it | attacks |
| we | attack |
| you | attack |
| they | attack |
Perfect
| I | have attacked |
| you | have attacked |
| he;she;it | has attacked |
| we | have attacked |
| you | have attacked |
| they | have attacked |
Past
| I | attacked |
| you | attacked |
| he;she;it | attacked |
| we | attacked |
| you | attacked |
| they | attacked |
Pluperfect
| I | had attacked |
| you | had attacked |
| he;she;it | had attacked |
| we | had attacked |
| you | had attacked |
| they | had attacked |
Future
| I | will attack |
| you | will attack |
| he;she;it | will attack |
| we | will attack |
| you | will attack |
| they | will attack |
Future Perfect
| I | will have attacked |
| you | will have attacked |
| he;she;it | will have attacked |
| we | will have attacked |
| you | will have attacked |
| they | will have attacked |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | attack |
| you | attack |
| he;she;it | attack |
| we | attack |
| you | attack |
| they | attack |
Perfect
| I | have attacked |
| you | have attacked |
| he;she;it | have attacked |
| we | have attacked |
| you | have attacked |
| they | have attacked |
Imperfect
| I | attacked |
| you | attacked |
| he;she;it | attacked |
| we | attacked |
| you | attacked |
| they | attacked |
Pluperfect
| I | had attacked |
| you | had attacked |
| he;she;it | had attacked |
| we | had attacked |
| you | had attacked |
| they | had attacked |
Conditional
Present
| I | would attack |
| you | would attack |
| he;she;it | would attack |
| we | would attack |
| you | would attack |
| they | would attack |
Perfect
| I | would have attacked |
| you | would have attacked |
| he;she;it | would have attacked |
| we | would have attacked |
| you | would have attacked |
| they | would have attacked |
Imperative
| you | attack |
| we | Let's attack |
| you | attack |
Verbs conjugated like 'attack'
abandon,
abduct,
abear,
aberr,
abject,
abord,
abort,
abound,
abraid,
abray,
abrook,
abscind,
abscond,
absist,
absorb,
abstain,
abstract,
accend,
accent,
accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'attack'
attach,
attask,
attain,
attame,
attract,
mattock,
reattack,
retack,
stack,
tack,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Synonyms
- attack suddenly and violently
- jump
- attack
- hit
- instance of causing oneself to fall from an elevated place
- pounce, strike
- beat
- wap
- to apply violent force to a person or object
- abuse, aggress, assault, beat, beleaguer, bepommel, beset, besiege, bombard, charge, dust up, fall on, fall upon, hit, impugn, invade, lay into, lay siege, let someone have it, light into, onfall, onset, overrun, pommel, pound, rush, set the dogs upon, set upon, storm, strike, strike at, wap, whap
- assail
- assault, storm, charge, strike, beset, raid, siege
- criticize
- impugn, assail, revile, denounce, blame, censure, malign
Antonyms
- to apply violent force to a person or object
- defend
- to make or keep a person or object safe from attack
- defend
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. Etymology tree
2. Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd
3. Proto-Italic *ad
4. Proto-Italic *ad-
5. Latin ad-
6. Italian a-
7. Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁
8. Proto-Indo-European *d(w)is-
9. Proto-Italic *dis-
10. Latin dis-
11. Old French des-
12. Proto-Indo-European *(s)teyg-
13. Proto-Germanic *stikaną
14. Proto-West Germanic *stekander.
15. Old French atachier
16. Old French destachier
17. Middle French destacherbor.
18. Italian distaccare
19. Italian staccare
20. Italian attaccarebor.
21. French attaquerdeverb.
22. French attaquebor.
23. English attack
24. Borrowed from French attaque, derived from the verb attaquer, from Italian attaccare (“to join, attach”) (used in attaccare battaglia (“to join battle”)), from Frankish *stakkijan (“to stick, stick to, attach”). Doublet of attach. Displaced native Middle English onresen, from Old English onrǣsan (“to attack”); and Middle English resinge (“an assault, attack”) (compare Old English onrǣs (“an attack”)). See: Italian '
attaccare'.
Verbs referencing "attack"
Ido atakar.
Sample Sentences
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[...] premise that the poor boy 's name is Oliver Caswell; that he is thirteen years of age; and that he was in full possession of all his faculties, until three years and four months old. He was then attacked by scarlet fever; in four weeks became deaf; in a few weeks more, blind; in six months, dumb. He showed his anxious sense of this last deprivation, by often feeling the lips of other persons when [...]
(American Notes for General Circulation)
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“ I will attack no man, ” said George. “ All I ask of this country is to be let alone, and I will go out peaceably; but,”—he paused, and his brow darkened and his face worked,—“I 've had a sister sold in that New [...]
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
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'Till my last breath' 'Should be only between you and me' Kiruba brother All those who attacked our family is dead today
(Magudam)
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Linga Even if 1000 men attack you'll kill them in one stroke And stand firm like a mountain
(Magudam)