planned attack

collocation in English

meaningsofplanandattack

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plan
noun
uk
/plæn/us
/plæn/
a set of decisions about how to do something in ...
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attack
noun
uk
/əˈtæk/us
/əˈtæk/
a violent act intended to hurt or damage someone ...
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(Definition ofplanandattackfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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There is aplannedattackupon uncommitted countries and underdeveloped countries.
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I want to ask for aplannedattackby first—aid measures on the "black list " schools.
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It is aplannedattackon savings.
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Organised workers will fight bitterly against thisplannedattackon their standards of life.
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Theplannedattackmay have been unworkable and unrealistic, but the fact is that it was proposed, and on a scale that we had never heard of before.
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As it happened neither the battleship nor a convoy were in the port at the time of theplannedattack.
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On the day of theplannedattack, his accomplices are not at their planned meeting place.
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The 517th was to continue itsplannedattack.
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Local police stated that they had intelligence and knew in advance of theplannedattack.
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Press claims they were the first cable hosts to discuss theplannedattack.
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Bouzes suggested that they should deal with the new arrivals first, postponing theplannedattack.
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Thus, theplannedattackhad to be abandoned.
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This meant that theplannedattackhad to be launched within the allotted period or else it would be cancelled.
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We only have inadequate knowledge of the planned attacks, but we are sure of the detainee's involvement and of the attack's seriousness and imminence.
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Rossetti did not know of this decision and did his wellplannedattackthe same day.
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Student radioed to postpone theplannedattack.
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Again, what seemed like another carefullyplannedattacktook place.
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Theplannedattackwas duly abandoned.
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These are planned attacks by the police.
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