vicious attack
collocation in Englishmeaningsofviciousandattack
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vicious
adjective
uk/ˈvɪʃ.əs/us/ˈvɪʃ.əs/
Vicious people or actions show an intention or wish to hurt someone or something ...
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attack
noun
uk/əˈtæk/us/əˈtæk/
a violent act intended to hurt or damage someone ...
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(Definition ofviciousandattackfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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Shelley, however, comes in for aviciousattack.
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This fact constitutes aviciousattackon the family, and it should be remedied.
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It is aviciousattackon working people.
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It was aviciousattackon schoolchildren who were trying to get to the place where they should be taught.
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Four days later, in prison, he was visited by two detectives, and after some persuasion he gave the true story of thisviciousattack.
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How does he contrast that with the quite unwarrantedviciousattackwhich he is now making?
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What is more, it leaves a damaged person—a girl or woman who must live with an appalling andviciousattack.
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But it saddened me to hear him launch such aviciousattackon magistrates, who deal with 95 per cent of all cases.
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This was a premeditated andviciousattackobviously designed to cause the maximum casualties.
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In fact, the greater part of his speech this afternoon was devoted to aviciousattackon that body.
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It is difficult to imagine the twisted minds that could mount such aviciousattackon defenceless babies.
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This policy amounts to aviciousattackon public authority housing.
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They are worthy people in our society, but they are now underviciousattack.
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There has been a marked move away from generosity and towards aviciousattackon the poor.
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That signalled the launching of aviciousattackon the education of ordinary children.
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The figure of 0.7 is not a veryviciousattack.
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Does this not constitute a mostviciousattackon parental choice?
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Theviciousattackhas been made by the party opposite, which is against any opportunity whatsoever.
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There was adequate time to prepare theviciousattackthat he wished to launch.
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Does he agree that this is aviciousattackon local government?
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