attack
verb [T] (DEAL WITH) /əˈtæk/Definition
› to deal with something quickly and in an effective way: We have to attack these problems now and find some solutions. The children rushed in and eagerly attacked the food (= quickly started to eat it).Dealing with things or peopleActing and actsCoping and not copingTolerating and enduring
(Definition of attack verb (DEAL WITH) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
- approach verb (DEAL WITH)
- attend to sb/sth phrasal verb
- beard the lion (in his/her den) idiom
- come up against sth phrasal verb
- come/get to grips with sth idiom
- confront verb
- firefight verb
- firefighting noun (PROBLEMS)
- handle verb (DEAL WITH)
- have it out with sb idiom
- jump-start verb (SITUATION)
- overcome verb (DEAL WITH)
- process verb (DEAL WITH)
- reckon with sb/sth phrasal verb
- see about sth phrasal verb
- see to sth/sb phrasal verb
- tough sth out phrasal verb
- turn (sth) to sth phrasal verb
- weather the storm idiom
- weather verb (DEAL WITH)
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