A general assault or onset upon an enemy. Also the arrangement for investment or battle. (See false attack.)
·vi To make an onset or attack. II. Attack ·noun A setting to work upon some task, ·etc. III. Atta...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
A feigned assault, made to induce a diversion or distraction of the enemy's forces, in order that th...
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