UNDER ATTACK

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does under attack mean? 

• UNDER ATTACK (adjective)
  The adjective UNDER ATTACK has 1 sense:

1. subjected to enemy attack or censure

  Familiarity information: UNDER ATTACK used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• UNDER ATTACK (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Subjected to enemy attack or censure

Synonyms:

under attack; under fire

Context example:

an official under fire for mismanagement

Similar:

vulnerable (susceptible to attack)

 Context examples 

The process helps the immune system detect whether an organ is under attack from bacteria or viruses or has been injured.

(NIH researchers uncover drain pipes in our brains, National Institutes of Health)

A date to watch in this regard—when your ruling planet Mars will be directly under attack by unpredictable Uranus—is November 24.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

Elephants, as well as other large, charismatic animals such as tigers, monkeys and civet cats, are under attack from hunters and poachers.

(Overhunting of large animals has catastrophic effects on trees, NSF)