Attack
Meanings and phrases
attack
- (military) an offensive against an enemy (using weapons); onslaught; onset; onrush
- an offensive move in a sport or game
- intense adverse criticism; fire; flak; flack; blast
- ideas or actions intended to deal with a problem or situation; approach; plan of attack
- the act of attacking; attempt
- a decisive manner of beginning a musical tone or phrase; tone-beginning
- a sudden occurrence of an uncontrollable condition
- the onset of a corrosive or destructive process (as by a chemical agent)
- strong criticism
attack
- launch an attack or assault on; begin hostilities or start warfare with; assail
- attack in speech or writing; round; assail; lash out; snipe; assault
- take the initiative and go on the offensive; aggress
- attack someone physically or emotionally; assail; assault; set on
- set to work upon; turn one's energies vigorously to a task
- begin to injure
Joint Direct Attack Munition
- a pinpoint bomb guidance device that can be strapped to a gravity bomb thus converting dumb bombs into smart bombs; JDAM
n.
- an attack by armed planes on a surface target; air raid
- That evening, her anchorage came under enemy air attack.
- The ship had already been badly damaged in an air attack.
- The next day her task group underwent a severe air attack.
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- the acute angle between the direction of the undisturbed relative wind and the chord of an airfoil
- At rotation, Concorde would rise to a high angle of attack, about 18 degrees.
- The aircraft's computers received conflicting information from the three angle of attack sensors.
- Accurate azimuth and elevation angle of attack (AOA) information can be another very important requirement.
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- respiratory disorder characterized by wheezing; usually of allergic origin; asthma; bronchial asthma
- Tallo died from an acute asthma attack on 25 April 2009.
- He died in 2001 at the age of 78 after an asthma attack.
- While staying at an inn he suffered a severe asthma attack.
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- a high-speed military or naval airplane designed to destroy enemy aircraft in the air; fighter; fighter aircraft
- From 1942 it was adapted as a light night ground attack aircraft.
- In addition, Deagel.com reported two Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-23 attack aircraft.
- Following Desert Shield, Bull's career took a turn from attack aircraft to fighter aircraft.
n.
- a large warship that carries planes and has a long flat deck for takeoffs and landings; aircraft carrier; carrier; flattop
n.
- a military submarine designed and armed to attack enemy shipping
- The U.S. currently operates three classes of fast attack submarine: the , , and es.
- Marlin-class submarine The "Marlin"-class submarines are a class of diesel-electric attack submarine.
- The members of the oldest currently-commissioned attack submarine class, the , are typically named for cities.
n.
- a mass attack of troops without concern for casualties; originated by Japanese who accompanied it with yells of `banzai'; banzai charge
n.
- the use of bacteria or viruses or toxins to destroy men and animals or food; biological warfare; BW; biological attack; bioattack
n.
- the use of bacteria or viruses or toxins to destroy men and animals or food; biological warfare; BW; biologic attack; bioattack
n.
- an attack calculated to draw enemy defense away from the point of the principal attack; diversion
n.
- an attack by ground troops
- These were capable of being used in a ground attack role.
- They saw heavy use in ground attack missions against insurgents.
- From 1942 it was adapted as a light night ground attack aircraft.
n.
- a sudden severe instance of abnormal heart function
- O'Malley died of a heart attack in 1966 at age 75.
- Hopman died of a heart attack on 27 December 1985.
- He died on June 13, 2001 following a heart attack.
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- a sudden attack of fear; scare
- Cognitive dissonance spurs Max to a panic attack.
- Patrick has a panic attack and flees the stage.
- Suddenly, Lea gets a panic attack and rushes to a bathroom.
n.
- a strike that is carried out in order to deter expected aggression by hostile forces; preventive strike
n.
- an attack without warning; coup de main
- Viriathus later defeated Servilianus with a surprise attack.
- The Imperial forces fall prey to a surprise attack by the Fremen.
- The next morning Armstrong launched a surprise attack on the village.
n.
- a surprise attack involving the deliberate use of violence against civilians in the hope of attaining political or religious aims
- She also described it as a well-planned terrorist attack.
- At the time, they were informed that the attack was a "terrorist attack".
- It was the largest terrorist attack in history until the 9/11 terror attacks.
n.
- brief episode in which the brain gets insufficient blood supply; symptoms depend on the site of the blockage; TIA
n.
- a warning to national policy makers that an enemy intends to launch an attack in the near future
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- Bai Qi then turned his attack against the Han forces.
- Sui-San died in Thanos' first major attack against Titan.
- On June 4, the Japanese launch an air attack against Midway.
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- One Norwegian suffered light injuries during the attack.
- Visual acuity transiently deteriorates during the attack.
- "Whitney" was undamaged during the attack.
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- The first attack on 12 October was driven back.
- Soon, the Genji make their first attack from the sea.
- 1664 Shivaji launched first attack on Surat.
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- Boncelles first came under attack on 6 August 1914.
- Liège first came under attack on 6 August 1914.
- They were ambushed and the safe house came under attack.
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- Instead, he launched an attack on the citadel.
- He immediately launched an attack and entered the capital Lu.
- Accordingly, the Soviet Union launched an attack of Finland in November 1939.
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- At noon, de Villiers made another attack on Wagon Hill.
- In July 1944, another attack followed, killing 36 more civilians.
- Preparations began for another attack but bad weather forced a delay.
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- It should look like it was 10 years before the attack.
- He had received two threats one day before the attack.
- An American girl marries a Japanese American just before the attack on Pearl Harbor.
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- The Australian mainland came under attack during 1942 and 1943.
- He had previously suffered at least one heart attack during the 1960s.
- The castle came under attack during the Revolt of the Comuneros in 1521.
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- The driver of his car was killed in the bomb attack.
- Jamal was assassinated on October 15, 2013 in a bomb attack.
- In 1920 there would be a major terrorist bomb attack on Wall Street.
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- It cannot attack if it has already fed.
- The XVI Corps did not attack on 19 September due to casualties.
- La Tour did not attack the fort, which was defended by twenty soldiers.
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- 1670 Shivaji led second attack on Surat.
- The Japanese bombers then turned, and made a second attack on the base.
- However, von Ungern-Sternberg launched a second attack in early February 1921.
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- In these times, everybody knows what that means: nuclear attack.
- One of the most prepared countries for a nuclear attack is Switzerland.
- In the aftermath of the nuclear attack, one third of the populations would be dead.
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- Vice-Admiral Horatio Nelson led the main attack.
- Brigadier General Porter was entrusted with the main attack.
- The main attack began on the town around noon, and the "fellagha".
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- The infantry night attack began at 16:30 on 21 July.
- The attack began in the middle of a rainstorm.
- Other sources state that the attack began around 11:30.
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- The increase in organised raids and surprise attack upon infrastructure, e.g.
- The Maratha attack upon Kunjpura triggered a military response by Ahmad Shah Durrani.
- In a subsequent attack upon Silves, Portugal in 1191, his governor of Córdoba took 3,000 Christian slaves.
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- Five men died in the third, and last, major attack.
- The next major attack was launched on Mongla seaport.
- Sui-San died in Thanos' first major attack against Titan.
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- They waited until morning before they decided to attack.
- KLXK eventually decided to attack KQRS from another front.
- However, Leotychides decided to attack the camp with the Allied fleet's marines.
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- Investigations suggested it was an arson attack.
- The Baptist church on Parrin Lane was destroyed in an arson attack in 2010.
- Gardner used to own a pub in Gateshead, which was subject to an arson attack.
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- The infantry night attack began at 16:30 on 21 July.
- Operation Hammer had been planned as a night attack.
- On 31 August another night attack was repulsed killing 3 PAVN.
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- The attack occurred at 11:00pm on 20 February 1979.
- The attack occurred in Smith's Albany office.
- Another similar rocket attack occurred in January 1974.
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- At 11:30, the last depth charge attack took place.
- This attack took place in the area south of Peshawar.
- This attack took place off the southwest coast of neutral Ireland.
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- He was later seen during an attack on the New Avengers.
- He was seriously injured during an attack that he carried out in Warangal.
- Bloodshed is part of Hood's crime syndicate during an attack on Mister Negative.
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- In October 1987, however, the contras staged a successful attack in southern Nicaragua.
- On 19 December 1948, the Dutch launched a successful attack on Yogyakarta and occupied it.
- "On 9 November 1958, Chamdowa Shangri Lhagyal led a successful attack on the Chinese troops in Drashi Dra.
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- Otto decided to launch an attack on what was then the French rearguard.
- Allows the "Wind Rider" and her riding party to launch an attack using their lances.
- Manstein wanted to launch an attack as soon as possible, but his logistical lines were poor.
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- He suffered a fatal heart attack while walking in the woods of Vienna.
- John Allen suffered a fatal heart attack on the evening of January 6, 1973.
- In 1931 he suffered a fatal heart attack while visiting his brother in Harlingen.
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- They are sometimes for a suicide attack.
- Initial reports stated that the bombing was a suicide attack.
- He was assassinated on September 9, 2001 in a suicide attack.
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- The plant was now marked by smoke from the initial attack.
- Instead, the initial attack was thought of as a large-scale raid.
- Richard O'Connor led the initial attack against the Italian camps.
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- At 11:30, the last depth charge attack took place.
- This attack took place in the area south of Peshawar.
- This attack took place off the southwest coast of neutral Ireland.
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- The attack helicopters will be delivered from the second half of 2022.
- The Air Force has 12 MiG-21 jet fighters, 10 combat-transport Mi-171 and 16 OH-58 attack helicopters.
- As Captain Luttrell coordinated Army attack helicopters overhead, two Afghan commandos were fatally shot.
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- Crash can be shielded from enemy attack by collecting an Aku Aku mask.
- The Council was provided emergency powers in the event of enemy attack.
- Much coal for the gas works was shipped by sea and was vulnerable to enemy attack.
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- They are also likely to attack when protecting food.
- Robert died from a heart attack when Hester was twelve.
- The spirit is said to only attack when a woman commits adultery while in a marriage.
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- U.S. privateers continued to attack vessels in the Bay of Fundy.
- Vader and Mankind both took turns and continued to attack Bulldog.
- In addition, during Roque's imprisonment, the Strangler continued to attack.
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- A second torpedo attack just after midnight hit the ship.
- Once there, the MTSM could carry out a torpedo attack on moored or stationary ships.
- "U-66"s torpedo attack was successful, sinking the ship and killing 20 men, including the ship's master.
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- BBS denied any involvement and condemned the attack.
- The UN Security Council condemned the attack.
- Syrian government condemned the attack.
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- His plan was to make a direct attack rather than encircle the Indians.
- In March 1891, a French force under Colonel Louis Archinard launched a direct attack on Kankan.
- On 10 August, Liversedge picked up another US battalion and renewed the direct attack on Bairoko.
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- The al-Hillis' two daughters both survived the attack.
- Ten of the 12 Fortresses survived the attack.
- Çakıcı was also hit in the neck, but survived the attack.
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- USS St. Mary's (APA-126) USS "St. Mary's" (APA-126) was a "Haskell"-class attack transport of the US Navy.
- USS Hempstead (APA-241) The second proposed USS "Hempstead" (AVP-43) was a United States Navy attack transport that was never laid down.
- She was converted into an attack transport (APA-52) by the Maryland Drydock Company of Baltimore, Maryland, and commissioned on 1 September 1943, Capt.
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- However, he died of a massive heart attack in 1979.
- Shortly after Reznikov left, Balagula suffered a massive heart attack.
- Shortly after he returned home, Douglass died of a massive heart attack.
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- Hizam security forces attempted to clear the mortar site following the attack.
- The years immediately following the attack of 1465 forced Rennyo to live a nomadic life.
- The stampede following the attack resulted in the death of 19 people, among them 17 women.
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- The final attack mounted by the M113 company failed.
- The desperate final attack of the Guard was narrowly beaten back.
- The final attack began on late 27 April with a heavy Jäger artillery barrage.
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- The CIA defenders held off the attack until the morning.
- The British had broken off the attack in the night and were retreating.
- The Duke, therefore, called off the attack against Offus and Autre-Eglise.
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- They were also very vulnerable to attack by cavalry.
- This would have left both Britain and her Empire vulnerable to attack.
- This leaves any computer under surveillance using this software vulnerable to attack.
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- These were intelligent dispositions, well-chosen to repulse a frontal attack.
- Believing that a frontal attack across the Monocacy would be too costly, Early sent Brig.
- The battle is eventually joined with a frontal attack on the Roman encampment by Hunnic cavalry.
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- Petty was declared the winner, but in Victory Lane, a fan tried to attack him.
- ", The Undertaker tried to attack Lesnar, but was stopped by Lesnar's security.
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- He is the representation of how winter used to attack rural communities.
- When fighting, they are used to attack and defend, and to protect the trunk.
- They were mainly used to attack enemy surface ships and shore-based targets.
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- A chemical attack in Douma occurred on 7 April 2018.
- Russia has said video of the chemical attack was staged by members of the White Helmets.
- It is resistant to dissolution or chemical attack, even in the acidic contents of the digestive tract.
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- Some local Kurdish tribes were armed and ordered to attack the Armenians.
- Groups of Đại Việt infantry were ordered to attack the Mongols in Vạn Kiếp.
- They are ordered to attack and then retreat to draw away a German reserve force.
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- Diplomats saw it as a clear warning to Germany not to attack Canada.
- He took Figeac in October 1371, but undertook not to attack the region again for 120 000 francs.
- Fabius had told Minucius not to attack Hannibal in his absence, but Minucius disobeyed and attacked anyway.
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- The attack failed however, and Hermanus was killed.
- The attack failed with many casualties.
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- Simply put, leg theory involves concentrating the bowling attack at or near the line of leg stump.
- The match also witnessed the IPL debut of pacer Doug Bollinger, who became a vital cog in their bowling attack.
- With a weak bowling attack Barrington's leg-spin was encouraged and he took 5/29 and 4/25 against South African Universities.
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- It was a planned attack, not a protest."
- Rommel reluctantly decided on 20 November to call off his planned attack on Tobruk.
- On the day of the planned attack, his accomplices are not at their planned meeting place.
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- The European Union condemned "firmly" the terror attack.
- He made similar statements after 6 July terror attack on churches in Garissa.
- The attacks are the deadliest terror attack in Indonesia since the 2002 Bali bombings.
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- He suffered a heart attack and died in 1972 at age 46.
- Alan Missen suffered a second heart attack and died at home on 30 March 1986.
- While in Cannes, France, Alcott suffered a heart attack and died on 28 July 1986.
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- The barrier was still being worked on when the attack came.
- However, no attack came.
- Another German attack came at five o'clock in the morning, this time from higher ground.
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- Set attempted to attack the body of Osiris by transforming himself into a leopard.
- When the Nassauers attempted to attack the battery they were ridden down by a squadron of cuirassiers.
- He attempted to attack over land in an effort to capture the rich port of Panamá but was defeated again.
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- The request, however, was a trap, and Guy Kazama's unit is ambushed by an attack helicopter.
- The most notable models of these are the W-4 Wraith fighter and the Kestrel attack helicopter.
- Noam Gershony served in the Israeli Defense Force as a pilot in the attack helicopter Boeing AH-64 Apache.
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- He witnessed there the victims of gas attack.
- the sarin gas attack on the Tokyo subway).
- Six weeks later they were beating off a German gas attack in Flanders.
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- The XVI Corps did not attack on 19 September due to casualties.
- La Tour did not attack the fort, which was defended by twenty soldiers.
- However, Murad II did not attack Hungary and instead concentrated on the Siege of Thessalonica.
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- A bombing attack into the rest of Stuff Redoubt gained ground but this was later abandoned.
- Bilour was son of Bashir Ahmad Bilour who was also killed in a suicide bombing attack in December 2012.
- The first mission was flown on the night of 16 August 1942 and consisted of a bombing attack on the harbor at Mersa Matruh.
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- However, after design, a new attack might be discovered.
- A new attack called BlueBug was used for this experiment.
- A new attack at Helles (the Battle of Krithia Vineyard) began in August.
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- Ptolemy also initiated an unsuccessful attack on Sepphoris.
- On 20–21 May Elise and her husband took part in an unsuccessful attack on Landau.
- On 4 July it fought in the unsuccessful attack on Helena, suffering casualties of three killed and six wounded.
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- The base was prepared for such an attack, as were most bases.
- However, neither observation led to formal policy recommendations to forestall such an attack.
- The targets were later altered by al-Qaeda, as it was feared that such an attack "might get out of hand".
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- In the 19th century, classical liberals led the attack against statism.
- During the siege he led the attack from the east while Tahir commanded from the west.
- Having assessed the weather, Westlake led the attack in a Curtiss P-40 Kittyhawk from No.
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- The fort came under aerial attack in the afternoon.
- Both these ships came under Japanese aerial attack off Batticaloa and were sunk.
- On the 18th there was another aerial attack, knocking out four 75mm guns and the machine gun turret.
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- The U.S. currently operates three classes of fast attack submarine: the , , and es.
- The Navy has 29 ships, out of which five 60-80 metre fast attack craft are used in offensive capabilities.
- These ships were formerly used by the South Korean Navy as Chamsuri/Wildcat (PKM-200 series) class fast attack crafts.
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- In order to attack, she makes a flag with her own veil and uses it as a sign for her troops to outbreak.
- One source from the 1880s suggests that it was the Indians who arranged to be alone with Standish in order to attack him.
- Hill and Longstreet, under Longstreet's overall command, turned out to be the only ones to follow Lee's order to attack the main Union concentration.
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- At the island, the survivors come under attack by a large unseen force.
- Passage was hampered by poor weather conditions, but the convoy did not come under attack.
- He explained that Kuaiji Commandery had an abundance of resources so it would come under attack by Sun Ce very soon.
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- They perform a nucleophilic attack of the 3'-OH group of the ribose on the α-phosphoryl group of ATP.
- The formation of 3-methylbutanoic acid follows from a nucleophilic attack of carbon dioxide by an organosodium compound.
- The second approach involves the formation of an intermediate organo-alkali compound followed by nucleophilic attack of the alkyl halide.
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- He had previously suffered at least one heart attack during the 1960s.
- Mrs D'Arcy died of a heart attack during a cruise to the West Indies in the summer of 1932.
- On 20 November 1995, Grinkov died of a heart attack during practice in Lake Placid, New York.
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- Some reports suggested that BBS was behind the attack.
- The motive behind the attack has not been clearly established.
- It is assumed that the person behind the attack is the "Ultimate Enemy".
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- Tancred's troops arrive, surviving heavy attack by the imperial admiral.
- Due to a relatively short fuselage and an extended twin tail boom this aircraft type could accommodate a heavy attack and defense armament.
- By 7 December Rommel fell back to a defensive line at Gazala, just west of Tobruk, all the while under heavy attack from the Desert Air Force.
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- At 11:30 on 21 June the Fort fell after a sustained infantry attack.
- Afterwards, the NLA initiated an infantry attack which was repelled by the police.
- The German/Italian armoured Corps infantry attack was stopped in very heavy fighting.
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- Daniel and Hasmin then attack Moises who is holding Ahnia hostage.
- "Lützow" and the remaining three destroyers would then attack the undefended convoy from the south.
- Barnes goes to see Jackie and discovers that she has been killed by Carlos' henchmen, who then attack him.
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- She suffered an apparent heart attack shortly thereafter.
- Mayor Neil Winter died on May 19, 2018, due to an apparent heart attack.
- Hock Walsh died on December 31, 1999, at the age of 51, of an apparent heart attack.
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- He subsequently led an attack on them and defeated them.
- Forrester led an attack on the Manchester Art Gallery on 3 April 1913.
- Miguel then organized them, took control of weapons and led an attack against the mines.
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- Barack Obama began to attack former President Bill Clinton for his comments which were taken as racist.
- Birds such as tits ("Paridae") began to attack the bottles, opening the foil or cardboard lids and drinking the cream of the top.
- While waiting for the main crusader army, the disorganized "People’s Crusade" army began to attack the villages surrounding Nicaea.
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- He did not dare attack the city, as the odds were overwhelming.
- An attempt to attack the city harbor was repulsed by the city's defenders.
- The Indian Army advance came to a halt and they were hesitant to cross the Karun River and attack the city.
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- The wizard, who is Antorell, shows up and tries to attack Daystar.
- Lois tries to attack the Joker, who fractures her skull in retaliation.
- When inside the apartment, Kayako frequently watches Naoko, however never tries to attack her.
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- Zhu Li informed everyone that Kuvira planned to attack Republic City in two weeks.
- Dearborn planned to attack Fort George next, but his army required rest and reorganization.
- They had carried explosive, bomb-tipped arrows and allegedly planned to attack the Brimob headquarters.
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- This attack was made against Tokyo on 25 February.
- The attack was made with 10th, 15th, and 21st Panzer Divisions.
- At 6pm on the 4th of May the final Confederate attack was made and repulsed.
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- Liu Yao led his forces to attack Ze Rong but was driven back.
- He led Ming forces to attack the "wokou" base in Zhoushan in northeastern Zhejiang.
- The defensive line began to crack; noting this, Foster ordered his remaining forces to attack.
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- It was planned to protect all 50 states from a rogue missile attack.
- The reviewer also felt there could have been a wider range of missile attack spells.
- The 820th Main Centre for Missile Attack Warning is the centre of Russia's missile attack warning network.
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- Sharon ordered the rest of his troops to attack in order to aid their comrades.
- By leading your troops to attack the island, you are heading straight into hell.
- At this location, he prepared his troops to attack the Allied positions that night.
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- By 1 p.m., Meade was frustrated by the delay and ordered Warren to attack before Sedgwick could arrive.
- Her crew was able to transfer the ship's guns ashore to defend Clifton from Confederate attack before taking measures to raise the vessel.
- Manager Herbert Chapman tried different combinations in attack before James and subsequently the rest of the team began to find form in late January.
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- Robert's attack was carried out in five columns.
- The attack was carried out by the ZANLA.
- Meanwhile, another, unsuccessful, attack was carried out against Isdud.
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- From 1942 it was adapted as a light night ground attack aircraft.
- The radar station picked up the approach of a group of ground attack aircraft on their way to Anju.
- He was one of the first people to become an experienced pilot on the Ilyushin Il-2 ground attack aircraft.
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- Edwards ordered cannon distributed to allow towns to defend themselves against attack.
- A caponier, a rare feature in US forts, projected into the ditch to defend it against attack.
- When defending against attack by enemy foot soldiers, the cannons first fired at the enemy artillery.
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- Matilda of Boulogne then commanded her army to attack the besiegers.
- In the New Kingdom, a series of pharaohs used the standing Egyptian army to attack and conquer Kush and parts of the Levant.
- On September 12, thousands of the Taiping troops gathered outside Changsha, the leader who commanded the army to attack Changsha was the West King Xiao Chaogui.
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- An attack led by Major-General Baird secured the fortress.
- The attack led to sharp condemnations from Israeli and Egyptian authorities.
- It is possible that this attack led to the village's decline in the years that followed.