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attackedst

attackedst is the second-person singular simple past indicative of attack.

Meaning of attack

Verb

attack (third-person singular simple present attacks, present participle attacking, simple past and past participle attacked or (obsolete) attackt or (obsolete, dialectal) attackted)

  1. (transitive) To apply violent force to someone or something.
    • This species of snake will only attack humans if it feels threatened.
    Synonyms:
    savage
  2. (transitive) To aggressively challenge a person, idea, etc., with words (particularly in newspaper headlines, because it typesets into less space than "criticize" or similar).
    • She published an article attacking the recent pay cuts.
  3. (transitive) To begin to affect; to act upon injuriously or destructively; to begin to decompose or waste.
    • On the fourth of March he was attacked by fever.1849–1861, Thomas Babington Macaulay, chapter XXV, in The History of England from the Accession of James the Second, volume (please specify |volume=I to V), London: Longman, Brown, Green, and...
  4. (transitive) To deal with something in a direct way; to set to work upon.
    • We’ll have dinner before we attack the biology homework.
  5. (transitive) To aim balls at the batsman’s wicket.
  6. (intransitive) To set a field, or bowl in a manner designed to get wickets.

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Questions about attackedst

What is attackedst the second-person singular simple past indicative of?
Attackedst is the second-person singular simple past indicative of attack.

Words near attackedst in the dictionary

  1. attack vector
  2. attack vectors
  3. attackability
  4. attackable
  5. attacked
  6. attackedst
  7. attackee
  8. attackees
  9. attacker
  10. attackers
  11. attackest

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