attack a castle

Frequency: 7.315.2 per million words

To use violence to try to harm or defeat the people in a castle.

castleVERB + NOUN

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attack

Examples (10)

  • The invaders plan to attack the castle at dawn.
  • The knights bravely attacked the enemy's castle despite being outnumbered.
  • For centuries, no army has successfully attacked this castle.
  • They were attacking the castle for three days before a breach was made.
  • We will attack the castle from the sea, where its defenses are weakest.
  • The general believed they should attack the castle immediately, before reinforcements arrived.
  • If we attack the castle now, we might catch them by surprise.
  • In the fantasy tale, the castle was relentlessly attacked by a formidable dragon.
  • Attacking a well-fortified castle is a fool's errand without siege engines.
  • Why did they decide to attack the castle during the harshest winter?