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1. Disposed to attack
   - assaultive

1. Launch assault on; begin hostilities or start warfare with
   "Hitler attacked Poland on September 1, 1939 and started World War II";
   - assail
    
2. Aggressively challenge in speech or writing
   "The editors of the left-leaning paper attacked the new House Speaker";
   - round, assail, lash out, snipe, assault
    
3. Take the initiative and go on the offensive
   "The visiting team started to attack"; "The Serbs attacked the village at night";
   - aggress
    
4. Use aggressive force against
   - assail, assault, set on
    
5. Set to work upon; turn one's energies vigorously to a task
   "I attacked the problem as soon as I got out of bed"
    
6. Begin to injure
   "The cancer cells are attacking his liver"; "Rust is attacking the metal"

See also: offensive

Type of: act, affect, begin, commence, criticise [Brit], criticize, damn [informal], fight, get, get down, knock [informal], move, pick apart, set about, set out, start, start out, struggle

Encyclopedia: Attacking