attacking

adjectiveverbcommon in dialogue

//əˈtækɪŋ//

Carrying out an attack.

adjective

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Carrying out an attack.
Scotland’s most encouraging early source of an attacking threat was Andrew Robertson as the precocious left-back charged forward to good effect on a couple of occasions.
It is unlikely City will play that deep consistently going forward, but it was interesting to see such an attacking manager like Guardiola deploy a shape without a recognised striker, given his previous quotes about the formation.

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd Proto-Italic *ad Proto-Italic *ad- Latin ad- Italian a- Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁ Proto-Indo-European *d(w)is- Proto-Italic *dis- Latin dis- Old French des- Proto-Indo-European *(s)teyg- Proto-Germanic *stikaną Proto-West Germanic *stekander. Old French atachier Old French destachier Middle French destacherbor. Italian distaccare Italian staccare Italian attaccarebor. French attaquerdeverb. French attaquebor. English attack Proto-Indo-European *-onts Proto-Germanic *-ndz Proto-West Germanic *-andī Old English -ende Middle English -ynge English -ing English attacking From attack + -ing.

verb

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Also a form of attackpresent participle and gerund of attack

attachment · The act or process of (physically or figuratively) attaching.attack · An attempt to cause damage, injury to, or death of an…attacker · Someone who attacks.

attacking · Carrying out an attack.

attain · To come to or reach (a place) by motion or progression.attempt · To try.attempted · Tried, with the connotation of failure.

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