To injure; to maltreat; to hurt; to treat with cruelty, especially repeatedly.
To imbibe a drug for a purpose other than it was intended; to intentionally take more of a drug than was prescribed for recreational reasons; to take illegal drugs habitually.
To put to a wrong use; to misapply; to use improperly; to misuse; to use for a wrong purpose or end; to pervert
To attack with coarse language; to insult; to revile; malign; to speak in an offensive manner to or about someone; to disparage.
Improper treatment or usage; application to a wrong or bad purpose; an unjust, corrupt or wrongful practice or custom.
Physical maltreatment; injury; cruel treatment.
Misuse; improper use; perversion.
Coarse, insulting speech; abusive language; language that unjustly or angrily vilifies.
Violation; defilement; rape; forcing of undesired sexual activity by one person on another, often on a repeated basis.
To apply violent force to someone or something.
To begin to affect; to act upon injuriously or destructively; to begin to decompose or waste.
To bat aggressively, so as to score runs quickly.
To aim balls at the batsman’s wicket.
To aggressively challenge a person, idea, etc., with words (particularly in newspaper headlines, because it typesets into less space than "criticize" or similar).
(Of a chemical species) To approach a chemical species or bond in order to form a bond with it.
To set a field, or bowl in a manner designed to get wickets.
To accelerate quickly in an attempt to get ahead of the other riders.
To move forward in an active attempt to score a point, as opposed to trying not to concede.
To deal with something in a direct way; to set to work upon.
Any contact with the ball other than a serve or block which sends the ball across the plane of the net.
The amount of time it takes for the volume of an audio signal to go from zero to maximum level (e.g. an audio waveform representing a snare drum hit would feature a very fast attack, whereas that of a wave washing to shore would feature a slow attack).
An attempt to detract from the worth or credibility of, a person, position, idea, object, or thing, by physical, verbal, emotional, or other assault.
The three attackmen on the field or all the attackmen of a team.
A time in which one attacks; the offence of a battle.
The beginning of active operations on anything.
The sudden onset of a disease or condition.
An attempt to cause damage, injury to, or death of opponent or enemy.
Collectively, the bowlers of a cricket side.
An attempt to exploit a vulnerability in a computer system.
The onset of a musical note, particularly with respect to the strength (and duration) of that onset.
An active episode of a chronic or recurrent disease.