To aggressively challenge a person, idea, etc., with words (particularly in newspaper headlines, because it typesets into less space than "criticize" or similar).
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.
(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 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.
To criticise harshly.
To cover with slate.
To schedule.
To set a dog upon (a person).
To anticipate or strongly expect.
To nominate, appoint, or designate.
An artificial material resembling slate and used for the same purposes.
A list of affiliated candidates for an election.
A record of money owed.
A tablet computer.
A thin plate of any material; a flake.
A fine-grained homogeneous sedimentary rock composed of clay or volcanic ash which has been metamorphosed so that it cleaves easily into thin layers.
The bluish-grey colour of most slate.
A chalkboard, sheet of slate for writing on with chalk or with a thin rod of slate (a slate pencil) formerly commonly used by both students and teachers in schools.
A roofing-tile made of slate.
Having the bluish-grey/gray colour of slate.