| affront | assault, attack, onslaught |
| alarm, alarum | attack, assault |
| approach | advance, attack, offensive |
| arm | strong arm [in attack]; or: might, power |
| assail | attack, assault, address |
| assault | attack, temptation, snare |
| assay | attack, attempt, trial |
| assay | assault, attack, incursion |
| attempt | attack, assail, subdue |
| attempt | attack, assault |
| baste | sew loosely, tack together, stitch up |
| board | accost, address, approach, tackle |
| Capaneus | [kapa'nayus] one of seven champions – the 'Seven against Thebes' – who attacked Thebes to deprive Eteocles of his kingship |
| charge | attack, assail, storm |
| couch | lower, bring down [to attack position] |
| course | [in bear-baiting] attack by a set of dogs |
| Creon | [pron: 'krayon] king of Thebes who gave orders that any who died attacking Thebes should be left unburied |
| defence | self-defence, resisting attack |
| dint | stroke, blow, attack |
| encounter | confront, assail, attack |
| engage | enter into combat, make an attack |
| extent | assault, attack, onslaught |
| fall | join a fray, attack in force |
| fetch | change tack, move in a roundabout way |
| fit | fever, attack, seizure |
| fly | storm out, attack furiously |
| frontier | fortified outwork, barrier against attack |
| have | [said at the start of a fencing attack or other confrontation] I come at, let me at [a person] |
| have | [said at the start of a confrontation or attack; more usually: have at] I come |
| hawk | pursue, attack, chase |
| hurt | attack, offence, [causing] damage |
| ladder-tackle | rope-ladder in the rigging |
| lay | attack at close quarters, lay alongside |
| laying on | vigorous attack, dealing of blows |
| libel | false statement, damaging attack [on women] |
| motion | [fencing] attack, execution |
| offence | [in fencing] attacking stroke, offensive action |
| offend | assail, attack, fall upon |
| onset | attack, assault |
| point | [falconry] rising in the air, position [to attack prey] |
| push | attack, assault, thrust |
| qualm | sudden sickness, feeling of nausea, fainting attack |
| quotidian | type of fever with attacks every day |
| rampired | fortified by ramps of earth, strengthened against attack |
| reinforcement | fresh attack, renewal of force |
| rush | charge, onslaught, attack |
| sally | sudden attack against an enemy, sortie |
| sally | burst out, make a sudden attack |
| set | be hostile to, make an attack on |
| stake | [bear-baiting] under attack; or [gambling]: at risk |
| stroke | blow, attack, assault |
| sun | attack with the sun in their eyes |
| surprise | attack, capture, seize |
| tack about | change course, run against the wind |
| tackle | things, equipment, gear |
| tackle | [of a ship] rigging and sails |
| tackled | made of rope |
| tackling | rigging [of a ship], tackle |
| take | encounter, approach, tackle |
| taking | attack of disease, seizure |
| tertian | type of fever with attacks every third day |
| tick-tack | type of backgammon in which scoring is by placing pegs in holes |
| uncharged | unattacked, unassailed |