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attacks

/əˈtæks/

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noun

Attaque

An attempt to cause damage, injury to, or death of opponent or enemy.

Examples :

"The small dog's playful attacks on my shoelaces always make me laugh. "

Les attaques ludiques du petit chien sur mes lacets me font toujours rire.

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Attaques

An attempt to detract from the worth or credibility of, a person, position, idea, object, or thing, by physical, verbal, emotional, or other assault.

Examples :

"They claimed the censorship of the article was an attack on free speech."

Ils ont affirmé que la censure de l'article était une attaque contre la liberté d'expression.

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Attaque

A time in which one attacks; the offence of a battle.

Examples :

"The army timed their attack to coincide with the local celebrations."

L'armée a chronométré son attaque pour qu'elle coïncide avec les célébrations locales.

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Attaques, assauts

(by extension) The beginning of active operations on anything.

Examples :

"Having washed the plates from dinner, I made an attack on the laundry."

Après avoir lavé la vaisselle du dîner, je me suis attaqué à la lessive.

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Attaques

An attempt to exploit a vulnerability in a computer system.

Examples :

"The company strengthened its firewall to prevent future attacks on its computer network. "

L'entreprise a renforcé son pare-feu pour prévenir de futures attaques sur son réseau informatique.

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Collectivement, les lanceurs d'une équipe de cricket

Collectively, the bowlers of a cricket side.

Examples :

"The captain carefully considered the strengths of his attacks before deciding who would bowl first. "

Le capitaine a soigneusement examiné les forces de ses lanceurs avant de décider qui lancerait en premier.

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Attaque, frappe

Any contact with the ball other than a serve or block which sends the ball across the plane of the net.

Examples :

"The coach diagrammed several different attacks the team could use to score points in the volleyball game. "

L'entraîneur a schématisé plusieurs attaques différentes que l'équipe pourrait utiliser pour marquer des points au jeu de volley-ball.

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Les attaquants

The three attackmen on the field or all the attackmen of a team.

Examples :

""The attacks were practicing their passing drills before the lacrosse game." "

Les attaquants s'entraînaient à leurs exercices de passes avant le match de crosse.

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Crise, accès

The sudden onset of a disease or condition.

Examples :

"Her asthma attacks became more frequent during allergy season. "

Ses crises d'asthme sont devenues plus fréquentes pendant la saison des allergies.

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Crise, accès

An active episode of a chronic or recurrent disease.

Examples :

"My grandmother's asthma attacks have been more frequent this winter due to the cold weather. "

Les crises d'asthme de ma grand-mère ont été plus fréquentes cet hiver en raison du froid.

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Attaque, attaque de note

The onset of a musical note, particularly with respect to the strength (and duration) of that onset.

Examples :

"The piano teacher emphasized the attacks in the student's practice, focusing on strong, short starts to the notes. "

Le professeur de piano a mis l'accent sur l'attaque dans l'exercice de l'élève, en se concentrant sur des départs de notes forts et courts.

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Attaque

(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).

Examples :

""The synthesizer's settings allow you to adjust the attacks of the notes, making them sound either sharp and immediate or smooth and gradual." "

Les réglages du synthétiseur vous permettent d'ajuster les attaques des notes, les rendant soit nettes et immédiates, soit douces et progressives.

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verb

Attaquer, agresser

To apply violent force to someone or something.

Examples :

"This species of snake will only attack humans if it feels threatened."

Cette espèce de serpent n'attaquera les humains que si elle se sent menacée.

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verb

attaquer

To aggressively challenge a person, idea, etc., with words (particularly in newspaper headlines, because it typesets into less space than "criticize" or similar).

Examples :

"She published an article attacking the recent pay cuts."

Elle a publié un article attaquant les récentes réductions de salaire.

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verb

Attaquer, affecter, s'attaquer à

To begin to affect; to act upon injuriously or destructively; to begin to decompose or waste.

Examples :

"Mold attacks the bread, making it stale and inedible. "

La moisissure attaque le pain, le rendant rassis et immangeable.

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S'attaquer à, aborder

To deal with something in a direct way; to set to work upon.

Examples :

"I attacked the meal with a hearty appetite."

Je me suis attaqué au repas avec un bon appétit.

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Viser le guichet du batteur avec des balles

To aim balls at the batsman’s wicket.

Examples :

"The bowler attacks the batsman's wicket with a fast delivery, hoping to get him out. "

Le lanceur vise le guichet du batteur avec une livraison rapide, espérant l'éliminer.

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Attaquer

To set a field, or bowl in a manner designed to get wickets.

Examples :

"The captain attacks with an aggressive field, hoping to get the opposing batsmen out quickly. "

Le capitaine attaque avec un champ agressif, espérant éliminer rapidement les batteurs adverses.

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verb

frapper agressivement

To bat aggressively, so as to score runs quickly.

Examples :

"The batter attacks the ball, trying to hit it as hard as possible to score more runs. "

Le batteur frappe la balle agressivement, essayant de la frapper aussi fort que possible pour marquer plus de points.

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Attaquer

To move forward in an active attempt to score a point, as opposed to trying not to concede.

Examples :

"The soccer team attacks the goal whenever they have possession of the ball. "

L'équipe de football attaque le but chaque fois qu'elle a la possession du ballon.

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Attaquer, attaquer vivement

To accelerate quickly in an attempt to get ahead of the other riders.

Examples :

"In the final sprint of the bike race, Maria attacks, surging forward to try and win. "

Dans le sprint final de la course cycliste, Maria attaque, bondissant en avant pour tenter de gagner.

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