Meanings
- not comparableCarrying out an attack.
Scotland’s most encouraging early source of an attacking threat was Andrew Robertson as the precocious left-back charged forward to good effect on a couple of occasions.
2014 November 14, Stephen Halliday, “Scotland 1-0 Republic of Ireland: Maloney the hero”, in The Scotsman1 more example
It is unlikely City will play that deep consistently going forward, but it was interesting to see such an attacking manager like Guardiola deploy a shape without a recognised striker, given his previous quotes about the formation.
2025 September 21, Shamoon Hafez, “Guardiola gamble almost pays off as Liverpool cash in”, in BBC Sport
- gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of attack
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectivedisposed to attack
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂éd
- Proto-Italic*ad
- Proto-Italic*ad-
- Latinad-
- Italiana-
- Proto-Indo-European*dwóh₁
- Proto-Indo-European*trísinflu.
- Proto-Indo-European*d(w)is-
- Proto-Italic*dis-
- Latindis-
- Old Frenchdes-
- Old Frenchatachier
- Old Frenchdestachier
- Middle Frenchdestacher
- Italiandistaccare
- Italianstaccare
- Italianattaccare
- Frenchattaquerdeverb.
- Frenchattaque
- Englishattack
- Englishattacking
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with attacking
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attacking. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/attacking
“attacking.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/attacking. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “attacking,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/attacking.
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