attack
An attack , especially in the military sector, also an attack (verbs: to attack, to attack), denotes:
- generally the attempt to actively expand one's own sphere of influence or to proactively defend one's own way of life
- the theft of research results, see industrial espionage
- in strategy games in general the measure of the side that is acting, see forehand and afterhand
- The attack , a regional newspaper of the Berlin NSDAP
in biology:
- pests and pathogens attack the physiological control circuits of crops, animals and humans
- hunt down predators prey for food
- harmful organisms trigger plant diseases and endanger the harvest of crops
- Pests steal or destroy food supplies and dwellings for other living things
Society :
- physical aggression towards competitors
- psychologically aggressive verbal and non-verbal behavior in conflict
- police attack as a permissible interference with civil rights, see police action
- Assault such as agitation or theft as a criminal offense, see the list of offenses in the Austrian Criminal Code
- Assault resulting in bodily harm or death for the attacked person or an uninvolved third party as a criminal offense under Article 134 of the Swiss Criminal Code
- fire fighting in the fire service
IT:
- attempting to undermine the security systems of a computer system, see Computer security
- the threat to network security through the intrusion of malware, see hackers (computer security)
- overcoming encryption techniques through cryptography, see cryptanalysis
Sports:
- generally offensive moves, tactics and positions
- Attack (team sport) , the part of a team used offensively
- see basketball #attack
- see attacking players (ice hockey)
- Soccer:
- see tactics (soccer)
- Storm, see striker (soccer)
- Attack Levels in Japanese Martial Arts
- Fencing:
Military:
- Attack of the cavalry
- Offensive operation
- see attack battle
- see war of aggression
- see espionage
- see attack aircraft
See also:
Wiktionary: attack - explanations of meanings, origins of words, synonyms, translations
Wiktionary: Attack - explanations of meanings, word origins, synonyms, translations
Wiktionary: attack - explanations of meanings, origins of words, synonyms, translations
Wiktionary: attack - explanations of meanings, word origins, synonyms, translations
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