fatal attack

collocation in English

meaningsoffatalandattack

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fatal
adjective
uk
/ˈfeɪ.təl/us
/ˈfeɪ.t̬əl/
A fatal illness, accident, etc. ...
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attack
noun
uk
/əˈtæk/us
/əˈtæk/
a violent act intended to hurt or damage someone ...
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(Definition offatalandattackfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesoffatal attack

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When challenged during this state, both behaved as if under threat by initiating afatalattack.
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In my judgment it is afatalattackon the whole system of local government.
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He will be a man who will be unlikely to make afatalattackon a householder if he is challenged.
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It was the firstfatalattackon the metro system since it began operations in 1996.
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The prosecutor inquires whether more than one person could have been involved in thefatalattack.
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In afatalattack, however, it manifests very quickly.
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The netting program began in 1937 and during 70 years while the nets have been in operation, there has been only onefatalattackon a netted beach.
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As a result, it was decided to censor the game for most platforms, by changing the blood from red to white and disabling all of thefatalattackanimations.
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Decades of battering by the ocean has eroded the pylon, which was one of three pylons built to anchor a shark net following afatalattackin 1925.
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Yet, by his own claim, he was involved in fatal attacks on security services.
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Elephants damage the properties of the villagers and fatal attacks on them have reported from the park.
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Orcas, the largest species of dolphin, have been involved in fatal attacks on humans in captivity.
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Fatal attacks, most likely predatory in nature, commonly involve larger crocodiles with an average estimated size of 4.3m ft.
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The fatal attacks were against two elderly women and a three-year-old baby.
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Visitors are urged to exercise caution around crocodiles as they have been responsible for a number of fatal attacks.
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A number of fatal attacks have also occurred in zoos and homes with pet leopards.
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Due to his reforming ability upon being destroyed, all fatal attacks only increase the spread of his powder.
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In the three decades since nets were installed, there have been no fatal attacks at those beaches and only four resulting in serious injury.
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