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Past tense of attack

regular verb

The past tense of attack is attacked. The past participle is also attacked.

Forms of attack

Base form (V1)attack /əˈtæk/
Past tense (V2)attacked /əˈtækt/
Past participle (V3)attacked /əˈtækt/
Present participleattacking /əˈtækɪŋ/
Third person singularattacks /əˈtæks/

Less standard forms: attackted (dialectal).

Attacked in a sentence

  • Yesterday, December seventh, 1941, a date which will live in infamy, the United States of America was suddenly and deliberately attacked by naval and air forces of the Empire of Japan.1941 December 8, President Franklin D. Roosevelt, 0:00 from the start, in Day of Infamy Speech, Washington, D.C., page 1
  • In its God-like prime, The Simpsons attacked well-worn satirical fodder from unexpected angles, finding fresh laughs in the hoariest of subjects.2012 June 3, Nathan Rabin, “TV: Review: THE SIMPSONS (CLASSIC): “Mr. Plow” (season 4, episode 9; originally aired 11/19/1992)”, in The A.V....
  • The settlers were attacked early next morning by a scouting party.From the entry party
  • The sheer number of warriors the enemy attacked with was unfathomable.From the entry unfathomable
  • The angry peasants were a virtual army as they attacked the castle.From the entry virtual

Meaning of attack

  1. noun An attempt to cause damage, injury to, or death of an opponent or enemy.
  2. noun Any of several specific maneuvers, skills, or special abilities that a character can use to inflict damage against opponents.
  3. noun An attempt to detract from the worth or credibility of, a person, position, idea, object, or thing, by physical, verbal, emotional, or other assault.

Full definition of attack

Questions about the past tense of attack

What is the past tense of attack?
The past tense of attack is attacked.
What is the past participle of attack?
The past participle of attack is attacked.
Is attack a regular or irregular verb?
Attack is a regular verb: its past tense adds -ed.
Is attackted correct?
attackted is marked dialectal in Wiktionary. The usual past tense of attack is attacked.

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: attack (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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