attack
noun
1 noun MIL also COMP act of aggressionionsaí masc to be under attack bheith faoi ionsaíthey made an attack on his life thriail siad é a mharú, thug siad iarraidh é a mharú, d'ionsaigh siad é d'fhonn é a mharúa surprise attack ionsaí gan choinneto return to the attack athionsaí a dhéanamh 2 noun outbreak of fungiráig fem2 ruaig fem2 attack of blight ráig dhúchana, ruaig den aicíd dhubh, babhta den dubhTaispeáin iontráil iomlán
3 noun outbreak of pestsráig fem2 ruaig fem2 plá fem4 attack of locusts plá lócaistí 4 noun MED bout of illnesstaom masc3 ruaig fem2 ráig fem2 asthma attack taom asma 5 noun fit, episodebabhta masc4 taom masc3 an attack of coughing racht casachtaían attack of despair taom éadóchaisthey had an attack of the giggles bhuail racht sciotaíola iad, thosaigh siad ag sciotaíl gháire, tháinig na gáirí orthu 6 noun criticismionsaí masc cáineadh masc it was a scathing attack on the government ionsaí fíochmhar ar an rialtas a bhí ann 7 noun to combat problemwe have to make an attack on inflation caithfimid dul i ngleic leis an mboilsciú, caithfimid tabhairt faoin mboilsciú, caithfimid aghaidh a thabhairt ar an mboilsciú 8 noun SPOR playerstosaithe mpl4 we were good in attack bhí na tosaithe s'againne go maith, bhíomar go maith ar an ionsaí 9 noun SPOR moveionsaí masc they scored in their first attack scóráil siad sa chéad ionsaí acu
verb
10 verb also MIL assault, damage INTRANSITIVEionsaigh verb ionsaí a dhéanamh they attacked at dawn d'ionsaigh siad le breacadh an lae
the train was attacked by a mob d'ionsaigh drong an traein, thug baicle faoin traeindry rot has attacked the building tá an foirgneamh foirgthe ag críonlobhadh 11 verb criticise TRANSITIVEionsaigh verb cáin verb 12 verb tackle sth TRANSITIVEtabhair faoi PhrV aghaidh a thabhairt ar téigh i ngleic le to attack a problem aghaidh a thabhairt ar fhadhb, tabhairt faoi fhadhb 13 verb SPOR go on offensive TRANSITIVEionsaigh verb