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attack
/a-tæk/
 
vt.
 
1.
Def.: egdula (te mananap); eglusud (te etew, mananap wey lugar)
MS: egdula; eglusud
If a person, animal or group attacks another person, animal, group, they use weapons or their bodies to hurt them. If they attack a place, they try to damage or enter that place.
Three dogs attacked me, and I had many bites on my legs.
The rebels attacked the town early in the morning.
 
vt.
 
2.
Def.: eglalag te maddeet diyè te senge etew wey ke meyitenged kandin wey meyitenged te minsan nekey
MS: eglalag te maddeet
If you attack someone or something, you say bad things to them or about them.
At the meeting, the chairman attacked my suggestion, saying that it was useless.
 
n-ct.
 
3.
Def.: 1 pegdula; peglusud; 2 peglalag te maddeet
MS: pegdula; peglusud; peglalag te maddeet
the action of using something (e.g., weapons, the body, words) to hurt someone or something.
Note: sense 1, 2
Many people were killed in the attack.
 
n-ct.
 
4.
Def.: eggingumaan te dalu te amana ne masumpit; atakiyen
MS: atakiyen
An attack is a short time when a person has an illness very badly (e.g., a heart attack).
My grandfather died of a heart attack.
I will have an asthma attack if I run too much.
She had a bad attack of diarrhoea.
Sem.Dom.: GSL0626-0650
Status: ready

Last updated: 26/Sep/2012