time attack

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time attack

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From time + attack. The time-trial sense is a calque of Japanese タイムアタック (taimu atakku), itself from English.

noun time attacks · time-attack

An attack in which one may gain an advantage in time against one's opponent or rival. It was a time attack; if my opponents did not get up to my position and were not able to drive me from that position by a certain time, I won the day.
Synonym of time trial. Starting off in Japan, Time Attack, Super Lap and Tuner Battles were organised by the media as a proving ground to see the difference between street tuned cars, produced by the tuning industries most respected tuners.
Similar: time trial

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@misc{time_attack_2026,
  title = {time attack},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/time%20attack},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}