Attack vs. Thrust

Attacknoun

An attempt to cause damage, injury to, or death of opponent or enemy.

Attacknoun

An attempt to detract from the worth or credibility of, a person, position, idea, object, or thing, by physical, verbal, emotional, or other assault.

Attacknoun

A time in which one attacks; the offence of a battle.

Attacknoun

The beginning of active operations on anything.

Attacknoun

(computing) An attempt to exploit a vulnerability in a computer system.

Attacknoun

(cricket) Collectively, the bowlers of a cricket side.

Attacknoun

(volleyball) Any contact with the ball other than a serve or block which sends the ball across the plane of the net.

Attacknoun

(lacrosse) The three attackmen on the field or all the attackmen of a team.

Attacknoun

(medicine) The sudden onset of a disease or condition.

Attacknoun

An active episode of a chronic or recurrent disease.

Attacknoun

(music) The onset of a musical note, particularly with respect to the strength (and duration) of that onset.

Attacknoun

(audio) The amount of time it takes for the volume of an audio signal to go from zero to maximum level (e.g. an audio waveform representing a snare drum hit would feature a very fast attack, whereas that of a wave washing to shore would feature a slow attack).

Attackverb

(transitive) To apply violent force to someone or something.

Attackverb

(transitive) To aggressively challenge a person, idea, etc., with words (particularly in newspaper headlines, because it typesets into less space than "criticize" or similar).

Attackverb

(transitive) To begin to affect; to act upon injuriously or destructively; to begin to decompose or waste.

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(transitive) To deal with something in a direct way; to set to work upon.

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To aim balls at the batsman’s wicket.

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To set a field, or bowl in a manner designed to get wickets.

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To bat aggressively, so as to score runs quickly.

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(soccer) To move forward in an active attempt to score a point, as opposed to trying not to concede.

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(cycling) To accelerate quickly in an attempt to get ahead of the other riders.

Attackverb

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

Attackverb

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.

Attackverb

To set to work upon, as upon a task or problem, or some object of labor or investigation.

Attackverb

To begin to affect; to begin to act upon, injuriously or destructively; to begin to decompose or waste.

Attackverb

To make an onset or attack.

Attacknoun

The act of attacking, or falling on with force or violence; an onset; an assault; - opposed to defense.

Attacknoun

An assault upon one's feelings or reputation with unfriendly or bitter words.

Attacknoun

A setting to work upon some task, etc.

Attacknoun

An access of disease; a fit of sickness.

Attacknoun

The beginning of corrosive, decomposing, or destructive action, by a chemical agent.

Attacknoun

(military) an offensive against an enemy (using weapons);

Attacknoun

a sudden occurrence of an uncontrollable condition;

Attacknoun

intense adverse criticism;

Attacknoun

the act of attacking;

Attacknoun

an offensive move in a sport or game;

Attacknoun

the onset of a corrosive or destructive process (as by a chemical agent);

Attacknoun

ideas or actions intended to deal with a problem or situation;

Attacknoun

a decisive manner of beginning a musical tone or phrase

Attacknoun

strong criticism;

Attackverb

launch an attack or assault on; begin hostilities or start warfare with;

Attackverb

attack in speech or writing;

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take the initiative and go on the offensive;

Attackverb

attack someone physically or emotionally;

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set to work upon; turn one's energies vigorously to a task;

Attackverb

begin to injure;

Thrustnoun

(fencing) An attack made by moving the sword parallel to its length and landing with the point.

Thrustnoun

A push, stab, or lunge forward (the act thereof.)

Thrustnoun

The force generated by propulsion, as in a jet engine.

Thrustnoun

(figuratively) The primary effort; the goal.

Thrustverb

(intransitive) To make advance with force.

Thrustverb

(transitive) To force something upon someone.

Thrustverb

(transitive) To push out or extend rapidly or powerfully.

Thrustverb

(transitive) To push or drive with force; to shove.

Thrustverb

(intransitive) To enter by pushing; to squeeze in.

Thrustverb

To stab; to pierce; usually with through.

Thrustnoun

Thrist.

Thrustnoun

A violent push or driving, as with a pointed weapon moved in the direction of its length, or with the hand or foot, or with any instrument; a stab; - a word much used as a term of fencing.

Thrustnoun

An attack; an assault.

Thrustnoun

The force or pressure of one part of a construction against other parts; especially (Arch.), a horizontal or diagonal outward pressure, as of an arch against its abutments, or of rafters against the wall which support them.

Thrustnoun

The breaking down of the roof of a gallery under its superincumbent weight.

Thrustverb

To push or drive with force; to drive, force, or impel; to shove; as, to thrust anything with the hand or foot, or with an instrument.

Thrustverb

To stab; to pierce; - usually with through.

Thrustverb

To make a push; to attack with a pointed weapon; as, a fencer thrusts at his antagonist.

Thrustverb

To enter by pushing; to squeeze in.

Thrustverb

To push forward; to come with force; to press on; to intrude.

Thrustnoun

the force used in pushing;

Thrustnoun

a thrusting blow with a knife or other sharp pointed instrument;

Thrustnoun

the act of applying force to propel something;

Thrustnoun

verbal criticism;

Thrustnoun

a sharp hand gesture (resembling a blow);

Thrustverb

push forcefully;

Thrustverb

press or force;

Thrustverb

make a thrusting forward movement

Thrustverb

impose or thrust urgently, importunately, or inexorably;

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penetrate or cut through with a sharp instrument

Thrustverb

geology: thrust (molten rock) into pre-existing rock

Thrustverb

push upward;

Thrustverb

place or put with great energy;

Thrust

Thrust is a reaction force described quantitatively by Newton's third law. When a system expels or accelerates mass in one direction, the accelerated mass will cause a force of equal magnitude but opposite direction to be applied to that system.