deliberate attack

collocation in English

meaningsofdeliberateandattack

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deliberate
adjective
uk
/dɪˈlɪb.ər.ət/us
/dɪˈlɪb.ɚ.ət/
(often of something bad) intentional ...
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attack
noun
uk
/əˈtæk/us
/əˈtæk/
a violent act intended to hurt or damage someone ...
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(Definition ofdeliberateandattackfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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In doing so, we also analyse the safety of the system in terms of the consequences of adeliberateattackon the environment.
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Here we have a glaring case of adeliberateattack.
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He was attacking people, an organisation or an individual, for what he called adeliberateattackon the freedom of certain people in this country.
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He spoke of adeliberateattackon the freedom of certain people in this country.
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If that is so, clearly very special steps must be taken to protect those workers should they be subjected todeliberateattack.
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These discussions range over the whole question ofdeliberateattack.
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We all know that these ports are adeliberateattackon the miners.
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To me, this is adeliberateattackon the hard-earned pocket money of the retired people and married women.
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It is adeliberateattackon the most vulnerable.
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This is adeliberateattackon the incentive to industry to fend for itself.
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Is this mending the hole in the purse, or is it adeliberateattackon the workers' standard of living?
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This is another occasion of adeliberateattackupon the independence of local authorities.
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It is adeliberateattackupon their standard of living.
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It means adeliberateattackon what this country is doing.
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We have always protested whenever there has been a case ofdeliberateattack.
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What is he proposing except adeliberateattackon the freedom of those in this country who disagree with him?
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But what we were concerned with yesterday was adeliberateattackon installations which are essential to the life of the community.
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He said that what we fear is not adeliberateattackbut war resulting from miscalculation or mistake.
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They have depicted a sound and sensible reform as adeliberateattackon the poor.
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What happened at the end of 1918 was the firstdeliberateattackthat was made on the part of the unofficial movement upon the employers' right to manage their factories.
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