attacking
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attacking
- /əˈtækɪŋ/
Rhymes with -ækɪŋ
adjective
- Carrying 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.
verb
- present participle and gerund of attack
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: assaultive, offensive, aggressor, aggression, assault, assailant, combating, incursion, storming, raid, onslaught, combat, striking, raiding, undermining, fighting
Talk about this word "attacking." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/attacking. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. attacking. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/attacking "attacking." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/attacking.Cite this
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title = {attacking},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/attacking},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
