atakować

Borrowed from French attaquer + -ować. By surface analysis, atak +‎ -ować.

• IPA^(key): /a.taˈkɔ.vat͡ɕ/

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• Rhymes: -ɔvat͡ɕ
• Syllabification: a‧ta‧ko‧wać

atakować impf (perfective zaatakować)

1. (transitive) to attack (to apply violent force to someone or something)

   Antonym: bronić

2. (transitive, military) to attack (to carry out decisive military action to defeat the enemy)
3. (transitive) to attack (to begin to affect; to act upon injuriously or destructively; to begin to decompose or waste)

   Hypernym: szkodzić

4. (transitive) to attack (to aggressively challenge a person, idea, etc., with words)

   Synonym: napastować

   Hypernym: krytykować

5. (transitive, sports) to attack (to try to gain an advantage during a sports competition)

   Antonym: bronić

6. (transitive) to attack (to attempt to accomplish something that is an exceptional achievement or better than the achievements of others)
7. (transitive) to attack (to persistently try to interest the recipient)
8. (reflexive with się) to attack each other (to apply violent force to each other)
9. (reflexive with się) to attack each other (to verbally abuse each other)

• atakować in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• atakować się in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• atakować in Polish dictionaries at PWN