Attack

Tamil Dictionary definitions for Attack

Attack : தாக்கு

Attack : தாக்கு,தாக்குதல்

English Verbs with Tamil meanings

PresentPastPast ParticipleGerundTamil Meaning
Attackattackedattackedattackingதாக்கு

Attack definition

Transitive verb.

  1. To fall upon with force; to assail, as with force and arms; to assault.
  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.

Intransitive verb. To make an onset or attack.

Noun.

  1. The act of attacking, or falling on with force or violence; an onset; an assault; -- opposed to defense.
  2. An assault upon one's feelings or reputation with unfriendly or bitter words.
  3. A setting to work upon some task, etc.
  4. An access of disease; a fit of sickness.
  5. The beginning of corrosive, decomposing, or destructive action, by a chemical agent.