ಅರ್ಥ : Launch an attack or assault on. Begin hostilities or start warfare with.
						 
						 
					
							ಉದಾಹರಣೆ : 
							Hitler attacked Poland on September 1, 1939 and started World War II.
							Serbian forces assailed Bosnian towns all week.
							
					
							ಸಮಾನಾರ್ಥಕ : 
							attack
					
					
					
							
								
								
									
										
												Be on the defensive. Act against an attack.
												defend