Antonyms for attackingat·tack·ing

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1. assaultive, attacking(a)adjective

   disposed to attack

   Antonyms:
   defensive

How to use attacking in a sentence?

1. James Comey:

   Oh come on. Think about what's happening in the Republican Party. They're up here, attacking the FBI's investigation of a guy who( pleaded) guilty to lying to The FBI, i'm very proud of the way The FBI conducted The FBI.

2. Kristen Clarke:

   The banking and insurance industries have set their sights on attacking the disparate impact standard.

3. Ashley Jordana:

   There's a very clear strategy behind attacking education and using that as a weapon of war.

4. Marco Rubio:

   He's learning how to spell, but he's flying around on 'Hair Force One' and tweeting. So here's the one tweet he put out. He put out a picture of having makeup put on me at the debate. Which is amazing to me that the guy with the worst spray tan in America is attacking me for putting on makeup. Donald Trump likes to sue people. He should sue whoever did that to his face with that.

5. Aneurin Bevan:

   I am not going to spend any time whatsoever in attacking the Foreign Secretary. If we complain about the tune, there is no reason to attack the monkey when the organ grinder is present.

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