launch an attack or assault on; begin hostilities or start warfare with
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sample sentences
"Hitler attacked Poland on September 1, 1939 and started World War II""Serbian forces assailed Bosnian towns all week"
verb frames
Somebody ----s somethingSomebody ----s somebody
verb frames
Somebody ----s somethingSomebody ----s somebody
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