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| '''Attack''' has a variety of meanings, including: | '''Attack''' has a variety of meanings, including: | ||
| *In ], an '''attack''' is the aggressive attempt to conquer |
*In ], an '''attack''' is the aggressive attempt to conquer enemy territory, installations, personnel, or equipment or to deny the enemy the use of territory, installations, personnel, or equipment, for example by destroying the equipment. See also ], ], ], ]. | ||
| *The word '''attack''' is used with similar meaning in various ]s. | *The word '''attack''' is used with similar meaning in various ]s. | ||
| *In ], the '''attack''' or '''attack-point''' is the beginning or onset of a ] or event. See ]. | *In ], the '''attack''' or '''attack-point''' is the beginning or onset of a ] or event. See ]. | ||
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Attack has a variety of meanings, including:
- In military science, an attack is the aggressive attempt to conquer enemy territory, installations, personnel, or equipment or to deny the enemy the use of territory, installations, personnel, or equipment, for example by destroying the equipment. See also warfare, combat, defense (military), counter-attack.
- The word attack is used with similar meaning in various games.
- In music, the attack or attack-point is the beginning or onset of a note or event. See interonset interval.
- In audio and radio, attack is the reaction time of an envelope detector, such as in audio level compression or noise gates. The opposite is decay or falloff.
- The word attack is often used to mean criticize or accuse. This usage may have started in newspaper headlines, where "attack" typesets into less text line length than "criticize".
- Attack!, the name of a board game developed by Eagle Games
- Attack (poem), the title of a poem by Siegfried Sassoon
- Attack (song), a song by the band System of a Down
- Heart attack, a medical term
See also
Topics referred to by the same term
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