attacked Значение & определение

Значение на attacked на български

• 0 past simple and past participle of attack

• 1 to try to hurt or defeat using violence:

  • He was attacked and seriously injured by a gang of youths.

  • Army forces have been attacking the town since dawn.

  • Most wild animals won't attack unless they are provoked.

• 2 to criticize someone strongly:

  • She wrote an article attacking the judges and their conduct of the trial.

  • The report attacks the idea of exams for seven and eight-year-olds.

• 3 If something, such as a disease or a chemical, attacks something, it damages it:

  • AIDS attacks the body's immune system.

  • My rose bushes are being attacked by aphids.

• 4 If players in a team attack, they move forward to try to score points, goals, etc.

• 5 to deal with something quickly and in an effective way:

  • We have to attack these problems now and find some solutions.

  • The children rushed in and eagerly attacked the food (= quickly started to eat it).