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Attacking meaning
Carrying out an attack.
Synonyms of Attacking
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If they are not attacking out people in Kogi, they are attacking us in Imo, if they are not attacking us in Imo, they are attacking us in Abeokuta.
By attacking the synagogue, the Nazis were attacking not only the heart and soul of the Jewish community, but they were also attacking the institution that was responding to the unfolding catastrophe.
The number of attacking armies does not include the minimum one army that must be left behind in the territory (e.g. if the attacking territory has 10 armies total, it has maximum 9 attacking armies).
After all, he has spent years attacking President Biden and every other outspoken Democrat for politically and maliciously attacking him (he claimed “witch hunts”).
It is usually a handball if a goal is scored by the arm/hand of an attacking player; or if the ball touches an attacking player’s hand/arm in the immediate goal-scoring build-up play.
Russia has been attacking targets—civilian and military—inside Ukraine; but, with few exceptions, Ukraine has foregone (and, when it comes to using Western weapons, has been instructed to forego) attacking targets inside Russia.
Westerners frame the idea of nations like Russia and China “attacking their neighbors” as though that’s somehow moral than the US attacking nations on the other side of the planet who cannot possibly pose any threat to US national security.
Ashton-under-Lyne MP and deputy PM Angela Rayner said: "Coming on the streets throwing missiles at the police, attacking police, attacking hotels like this one here today is not a legitimate grievance.
Attacking Sanders will shrink that number, although attacking him is probably unavoidable as the race goes on.
Lily will explode, attacking Malcolm for taking advantage of Drucilla and attacking Drucilla for defending Malcolm.
Merthyr Crown Court heard Radcliffe first stabbed Andrew Price with a kitchen knife outside the supermarket before running inside and attacking nurse Gaynor Saurin who had tried to stop her attacking Mr Price.
Real dominated the rest of the first half and their starry attacking lineup produced pacy, intricate and imaginative attacking interchanges but a combination of good defending and bad finishing kept Real out for the rest of the first half.
Already you see people are attacking the victim no wonder women do not report assaults…her own people are attacking her.
His hope is that all that possession and attacking and shooting will produce even more attacking and shooting, and he’s trying to remind his players of one of the oldest of hockey adages: You can’t score if you don’t shoot.
Of course, "Scott" has other beefs with D'Souza beyond mere facts, because D'Souza has moved past attacking liberals, and is now attacking racism by trying to associate Democrats with slaveholders and Nazis.
A 15 m hit is also awarded for offences committed by the attacking side within 15 m of the end of the pitch they are attacking.
Baker notes the uncanny way that both authors imply an ironic "justification by ownership" over the subject of sacrificing children—Tertullian while attacking pagan parents, and Swift while attacking the English mistreatment of the Irish poor.
Besides attacking pieces, a target of a fork can be a direct mating threat (for example, attacking an unprotected knight while simultaneously setting up a battery of queen and bishop to threaten mate).
Enforcing an advantage If a player has gained an advantage over the opponent, the advantage can be protected by attacking pieces of equal rank and canceling them out, such as attacking a Major with another Major.
In early 1918 they operated their "round the clock" bombing raid, with lighter bombs attacking the town of Trier by day and large HP O/400s attacking by night.