Go on the offensive

verb

1. To set upon or work against forcefully

   "attack an enemy fortification"

2. To assail with unfriendly or bitter words

   "a politician verbally attacked by critics"

3. To begin to affect or to act on injuriously

   "plants attacked by aphids"

4. To set to work on

   "attack a problem"

5. To begin to eat (food) eagerly

   "At the table he attacked his meal with such singleminded ferocity as to be, as Boswell put it, disgusting to those whose sensations were delicate."

6. To threaten (a piece) with immediate capture
7. To make an attack

   "They were unprepared when the enemy attacked."

noun

1. The act of attacking} with physical force or unfriendly words {sx

   "the victim of a knife attack"

2. A belligerent or antagonistic action

   "launched an attack against his political opponents"

3. A fit of sickness
4. A period of being strongly affected by something (such as a desire or mood)

   "an attack of the jitters"

5. An aggressive attempt to take or extend a lead over others in a race (such as a bicycle race)

   "… he crushed his rivals in the first mountain stages by going on relatively long solo attacks."

6. An offensive or scoring action

   "won the game with an 8-hit attack"

7. Offensive players or the positions taken up by them
8. The setting to work on some undertaking

   "made a new attack on the problem"

9. The beginning of destructive action (as by a chemical agent)
10. The act or manner of beginning a musical tone or phrase

adjective

1. Designed, planned, or used for carrying out a military attack

   "an attack helicopter"

2. Expressing or involving aggressively negative and harsh criticism of someone (such as a political opponent)

   "attack ads"

noun

1. A dog trained to attack on command or on sight
2. A person noted for harsh, personal, and usually public verbal attacks against others

   "a political attack dog"

noun phrase

1. The acute angle between the direction of the relative wind and the chord of an airfoil

noun

1. A sudden feeling or episode of anxiety

noun

1. A mass attack by Japanese soldiers in World War II

noun

1. Stroke

noun

1. An acute episode of coronary heart disease marked by the death or damage of heart muscle due to insufficient blood supply to the heart usually as a result of a coronary artery becoming blocked by a blood clot formed in response to a ruptured or torn fatty arterial deposit

noun

1. A sudden feeling or episode of panic