frontal attack
Frequency: 6.57.1 per million words
A direct, head-on military or metaphorical attack.
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Examples (10)
- The general ordered a frontal attack at dawn.
- Their strategy amounts to a frontal attack on the committee's credibility.
- The protesters launched a frontal attack on the new policy.
- Investors are bracing for a frontal attack on rising interest rates.
- During the debate, the candidate made a frontal attack on her opponent’s record.
- History shows that a frontal attack often leads to heavy casualties.
- In the meeting, he opted for a frontal attack instead of subtle diplomacy.
- The editorial is a frontal attack on academic freedom.
- Our defenders repelled the enemy's frontal attack after hours of fighting.
- Rather than a frontal attack, the team planned a flanking maneuver.