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attacklike

attacklike adjective: resembling or characteristic of an attack.

Adjective

attacklike (comparative more attacklike, superlative most attacklike)

  1. Resembling or characteristic of an attack.
    • Tension erupted as well, of course, between Dina and her parents, odd attacklike conflicts, suddenly, for no reason.2005, Y. Michal Bodemann, A Jewish family in Germany today: an intimate portrait

Forms of attacklike

comparativemore attacklike
superlativemost attacklike

Origin of attacklike

From attack + -like.

Questions about attacklike

What does attacklike mean?
Attacklike means resembling or characteristic of an attack.
What part of speech is attacklike?
Attacklike is an adjective.

Words near attacklike in the dictionary

  1. attacking fields
  2. attacking midfielder
  3. attacking midfielders
  4. attacking zone
  5. attacking zones
  6. attacklike
  7. attackman
  8. attackmen
  9. attacks
  10. attacks au fer
  11. attackt

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