Attack vs Siege - What's the difference?
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An attempt to cause damage or injury to, or to somehow detract from the worth or credibility of, a person, position, idea, object, or thing, by physical, verbal, emotional, or other assault.
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(cricket) Collectively, the bowlers of a cricket side.
(volleyball) Any contact with the ball other than a serve or block which sends the ball across the plane of the net.
(lacrosse) The three attackmen on the field or all the attackmen of a team.
The sudden onset of a disease.
An active episode of a chronic or recurrent disease.
(music) The onset of a musical note, particularly with respect to the strength (and duration) of that onset.
(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).
To apply violent force to someone or something.
To aggressively challenge a person, idea, etc., with words (particularly in newspaper headlines, because it typesets into less space than "criticize" or similar ).
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To begin to affect; to act upon injuriously or destructively; to begin to decompose or waste.
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To deal with something in a direct way; to set to work upon.
(cricket) To aim balls at the batsman’s wicket.
(cricket) To set a field, or bowl in a manner designed to get wickets.
(cricket) To bat aggressively, so as to score runs quickly.
(soccer) To move forward in an attempt to actively score point, as opposed to trying not to concede.
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(label) A seat.
#(label) A seat, especially as used by someone of importance or authority.
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#*1590 , (Edmund Spenser), (The Faerie Queen) , II.vii:
#*:To th'vpper part, where was aduaunced hye / A stately siege of soueraigne maiestye; / And thereon sat a woman gorgeous gay.
#(label) An ecclesiastical see.
#(label) The place where one has his seat; a home, residence, domain, empire.
#The seat of a heron while looking out for prey; a flock of heron.
#(label) A privy or lavatory.
#(label) The anus; the rectum.
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#*:Another ground were certain holes or cavities observable about the siege ; which being perceived in males, made some conceive there might be also a feminine nature in them.
#(label) Excrements, stool, fecal matter.
#*1610 , (The Tempest) , by (William Shakespeare), act 2 scene 2
#*:Thou art very Trinculo indeed! How cam'st thou / to be the siege of this moon-calf? Can he vent Trinculos?
#(label) Rank; grade; station; estimation.
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#*:I fetch my life and being / From men of royal siege .
#(label) The floor of a glass-furnace.
#(label) A workman's bench.
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(label) Military action.
#A prolonged military assault or a blockade of a city or fortress with the intent of conquering by force or attrition.
#*1748 , (David Hume), Enquiry concerning Human Understanding, Section 3 §5:
#*:The Peloponnesian war is a proper subject for history, the siege of Athens for an epic poem, and the death of Alcibiades for a tragedy.
#(label) A period of struggle or difficulty, especially from illness.
#(label) A prolonged assault or attack.
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As nouns the difference between attack and siege
is that attack is an attempt to cause damage or injury to, or to somehow detract from the worth or credibility of, a person, position, idea, object, or thing, by physical, verbal, emotional, or other assault while siege is .As a verb attack
is to apply violent force to someone or something.attack
English
Noun
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Denied an education by war, passage=One particularly damaging, but often ignored, effect of conflict on education is the proliferation of attacks' on schools
Synonyms
* (volleyball) hit, spike * See alsoAntonyms
* (music) decay, releaseDerived terms
* attack is the best form of defence * pincer attackVerb
(en verb)- This species of snake will only attack humans if it feels threatened.
- She published an article attacking the recent pay cuts.
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- On the fourth of March he was attacked by fever.
- Hydrofluoric acid attacks the glass.
- We´ll have dinner before we attack the biology homework.
- I attacked the meal with a hearty appetite.
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Synonyms
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* * * 1000 English basic words ----siege
English
(wikipedia siege)Alternative forms
* syegeNoun
(en noun)England 1-0 Ukraine, passage=But once again Hodgson's men found a way to get the result they required and there is a real air of respectability about their campaign even though they had to survive a first-half siege from a Ukraine side desperate for the win they needed to progress.}}