To accelerate quickly in an attempt to get ahead of the other riders.
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 apply violent force to someone or something.
To set a field, or bowl in a manner designed to get wickets.
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.
To ride very fast.
To declare (a person) a defaulter on the stock exchange.
To make high demands on (a system or service).
To emphasize a point repeatedly.
To beat down the price of (a stock), or depress (a market).
To have hard sex with.
To strike repeatedly with a hammer, some other implement, the fist, etc.
To form or forge with a hammer; to shape by beating.
To defeat (a person, a team) resoundingly
To hit particularly hard.
To strike internally, as if hit by a hammer.
The malleus, a small bone of the middle ear.
The accelerator pedal.
A device made of a heavy steel ball attached to a length of wire, and used for throwing.
A moving part of a firearm that strikes the firing pin to discharge a gun.
The act of using a hammer to hit something.
The last stone in an end.
A frisbee throwing style in which the disc is held upside-down with a forehand grip and thrown above the head.
Part of a clock that strikes upon a bell to indicate the hour.
One who, or that which, smites or shatters.
A tool with a heavy head and a handle used for pounding.
In a piano or dulcimer, a piece of wood covered in felt that strikes the string.