Attack vs Damn - What's the difference?
attack | damn | Synonyms |
An attempt to cause damage or injury to, or to somehow detract from the worth or credibility of, a person, position, idea, object, or thing, by physical, verbal, emotional, or other assault.
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(cricket) Collectively, the bowlers of a cricket side.
(volleyball) Any contact with the ball other than a serve or block which sends the ball across the plane of the net.
(lacrosse) The three attackmen on the field or all the attackmen of a team.
The sudden onset of a disease.
An active episode of a chronic or recurrent disease.
(music) The onset of a musical note, particularly with respect to the strength (and duration) of that onset.
(audio) 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).
To apply violent force to someone or something.
To aggressively challenge a person, idea, etc., with words (particularly in newspaper headlines, because it typesets into less space than "criticize" or similar ).
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To begin to affect; to act upon injuriously or destructively; to begin to decompose or waste.
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To deal with something in a direct way; to set to work upon.
(cricket) To aim balls at the batsman’s wicket.
(cricket) To set a field, or bowl in a manner designed to get wickets.
(cricket) To bat aggressively, so as to score runs quickly.
(soccer) To move forward in an attempt to actively score point, as opposed to trying not to concede.
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(theology, transitive, intransitive) To condemn to hell.
To condemn; to declare guilty; to doom; to adjudge to punishment; to sentence; to censure.
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To put out of favor; to ruin; to label negatively.
To condemn as unfit, harmful, of poor quality, unsuccessful, invalid, immoral or illegal.
* Alexander Pope
(profane) To curse; put a curse upon.
(archaic) To invoke damnation; to curse.
* Goldsmith:
(profane) Fucking; bloody.
(profane) Very, extremely.
The use of "damn" as a curse.
(profane) A small, negligible quantity, being of little value.
(profane) The smallest amount of concern or consideration.
Attack is a synonym of damn.
As nouns the difference between attack and damn
is that attack is an attempt to cause damage or injury to, or to somehow detract from the worth or credibility of, a person, position, idea, object, or thing, by physical, verbal, emotional, or other assault while damn is the use of "damn" as a curse.As verbs the difference between attack and damn
is that attack is to apply violent force to someone or something while damn is (theology|transitive|intransitive) to condemn to hell.As an adjective damn is
(profane) fucking; bloody.As an adverb damn is
(profane) very, extremely.As an interjection damn is
(profane).attack
English
Noun
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Synonyms
* (volleyball) hit, spike * See alsoAntonyms
* (music) decay, releaseDerived terms
* attack is the best form of defence * pincer attackVerb
(en verb)- This species of snake will only attack humans if it feels threatened.
- She published an article attacking the recent pay cuts.
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- On the fourth of March he was attacked by fever.
- Hydrofluoric acid attacks the glass.
- We´ll have dinner before we attack the biology homework.
- I attacked the meal with a hearty appetite.
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Synonyms
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English
Verb
(en verb)- The official position is that anyone who does this will be damned for all eternity.
- Only God can ''damn.'' — ''I '''damn you eternally, fiend!
- He shall not live; look, with a spot I damn him.
- I’m afraid that if I speak out on this, I’ll be damned as a troublemaker.
- You are not so arrant a critic as to damn them [the works of modern poets] without hearing.
- That man stole my wallet. Damn him!
- while I inwardly damn .
Adjective
(-)- Shut the damn door!
Synonyms
* see alsoAdverb
(-)- That car was going damn fast!
Derived terms
* dayum * darn * dizamnSynonyms
* see also '''Noun
(en noun)- said a few damns and left
- The new hires aren't worth a damn .
- I don’t give a damn .