repeated attack

collocation in English

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repeated
adjective
uk
/rɪˈpiː.tɪd/us
/rɪˈpiː.t̬ɪd/
happening again ...
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attack
noun
uk
/əˈtæk/us
/əˈtæk/
a violent act intended to hurt or damage someone ...
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The confusing provision came underrepeatedattackin subsequent floor debates.
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With the exception of the petrol, they can be used for a frenzied,repeatedattackas clearly they do not need to be reloaded.
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For entire day the unit under his command withheldrepeatedattackby an entire cavalry division.
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Trapnell survived only to fall victim to arepeatedattackthe following year.
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For the next nine days, the intrepid young officer and his gallant men repulsed repeated attacks.
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The town held out stoutly for the remainder of the war in the face of repeated attacks.
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Despite repeated attacks, the enemy repelled his division for 3 days.
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Individuals typically experience repeated attacks of excruciatingly severe unilateral headache pain.
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Herring, who had ordered repeated attacks on pillboxes that his men could not capture, was again mentioned in dispatches.
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Due to the presidio's isolation, it suffered repeated attacks, and was finally abandoned in 1770.
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Repeated attacks can be prevented by different drugs used to reduce the serum uric acid levels.
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However, at least 85% of patients have a relapsing form of the disease with repeated attacks of transverse myelitis and/or optic neuritis.
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Repeated attacks were performed, aiming to push the opposing wall out of the game area.
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Repeated attacks lead to successively less effective remyelinations, until a scar-like plaque is built up around the damaged axons.
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The position on the ridge was now enfiladed and casualties mounted under repeated attacks, including ground attack aircraft.
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During the course of the battle, the hill changed hands 24 times after repeated attacks and counterattackss for its possession.
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In spite of the improved fortifications, the city was the object of repeated attacks.
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The captain refused to obey and held his post against repeated attacks.
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But 175 inexperienced soldiers made impotent for quarter of an hour, the repeated attacks by the bulk of the enemy.
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Repeated attacks lead to successively fewer effective remyelinations, until a scar-like plaque is built up around the damaged axons.
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