impending attack

collocation in English

meaningsofimpendingandattack

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impending
adjective[before noun]
uk
/ɪmˈpen.dɪŋ/us
/ɪmˈpen.dɪŋ/
used to refer to an event, usually something unpleasant or unwanted, that is going to ...
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attack
noun
uk
/əˈtæk/us
/əˈtæk/
a violent act intended to hurt or damage someone ...
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(Definition ofimpendingandattackfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofimpending attack

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When the bombardment has disclosed to the enemy animpendingattack, the enemy tries to stop it by curtain fire.
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Clearly recall happens only in cases of national emergency andimpendingattack.
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Arrangements exist to warn the population ofimpendingattackand to provide advice on protection and survival.
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It is historically the site of a beacon where fires were lit in times ofimpendingattackor on celebratory occasions.
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A journalist rushed into the courtroom and warned the bench of animpendingattack.
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Trenches were dug and spiked boards were emplaced to slow theimpendingattack.
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The survivors raced back to town and warned the settlers of animpendingattack.
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They thrash around, their snouts elevating and their backs arching, all signs that indicate animpendingattack.
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The apprehension of animpendingattackcontinued to grow.
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First, the receiver must be warned of animpendingattack.
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Although the destroyer escort took a torpedo hit amidships, warning of animpendingattack, an effective smokescreen, and massive, accurate anti-aircraft fire repulsed the enemy planes.
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Howe had failed to alert his troops there, despite being aware of theimpendingattackthe previous day.
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Disinformation may also be used to divert attention from animpendingattackby releasing details of a hoax attack so that governmental and law enforcement agencies are side-tracked.
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We must think beyond what we have done already, much as the research and medical community has welcomed that, and take the impending attacks a little more seriously.
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News of impending attacks caused much worry among the settlers and the leaders of the militia.
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