attack

noun 15 senses

(military) an offensive against an enemy (using weapons)

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English asalto assaut アタック 攻击
Qwen3 8B
DeepSeek V3
Mistral 7B

Lexical record · WordNet measured

(military) an offensive against an enemy (using weapons)
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Representation snapshot

// qwen
dimension count = 4,096
vector norm = 1.0
mean activation = 8e-05
median activation = -0.00034
std. deviation = 0.01562

// greatest deviation from median
dimension = d2308
value = 0.05609
median = -0.00034
z-score = 3.6118σ
absolute deviation = 0.05643
// deepseek
dimension count = 7,168
vector norm = 1.0
mean activation = 2e-05
median activation = 0.00013
std. deviation = 0.01181

// greatest deviation from median
dimension = d6456
value = 0.06699
median = 0.00013
z-score = 5.6608σ
absolute deviation = 0.06686
// mistral
dimension count = 4,096
vector norm = 1.0
mean activation = -2e-05
median activation = 0.00027
std. deviation = 0.01562

// greatest deviation from median
dimension = d193
value = 0.06083
median = 0.00027
z-score = 3.8759σ
absolute deviation = 0.06056

Semantic proximity · cosine similarity

TermCosineDistance
attacks 0.2706 0.7294
attacked 0.1866 0.8134
attacking 0.1690 0.8310
battle 0.1424 0.8576
defense 0.1259 0.8741
attacker 0.1168 0.8832
approach 0.1146 0.8854
bombing 0.1138 0.8862
TermCosineDistance
attacks 0.6447 0.3553
attacked 0.5309 0.4691
attacking 0.5120 0.4880
assault 0.3088 0.6912
attacker 0.2931 0.7069
action 0.2714 0.7286
effect 0.2499 0.7501
target 0.2487 0.7513
TermCosineDistance
attacker 0.8488 0.1512
attacks 0.5464 0.4536
attacked 0.4189 0.5811
attacking 0.3871 0.6129
assault 0.2759 0.7241
threat 0.1892 0.8108
strike 0.1830 0.8170
quack 0.1783 0.8217

Similarity is distributional, not a dictionary synonym label. High similarity can occur between antonyms because they occupy similar contextual environments.

Opposition candidates

TermCosinePolarity ΔScoreRelation
defend 0.0627 0.0080 0.04 weak opposition
TermCosinePolarity ΔScoreRelation
defend 0.1898 0.0463 0.14 weak opposition
TermCosinePolarity ΔScoreRelation
defend 0.1473 0.0122 0.09 weak opposition

Seeds are WordNet antonyms, ranked by embedding geometry. Opposition is never inferred from cosine distance alone: antonyms sit close, not far.

Tokenization · per model measured

ModelTokensPieces
DeepSeek V3 1 attack
Mistral 7B 1 attack
Qwen3 8B 1 attack

Sense inventory · WordNet measured

SynsetPOSDefinitionLemmas
attack.n.01 noun (military) an offensive against an enemy (using weapons) onslaught, onset, onrush
attack.n.02 noun an offensive move in a sport or game n/a
fire.n.09 noun intense adverse criticism fire, flak, flack, blast
approach.n.01 noun ideas or actions intended to deal with a problem or situation approach, plan of attack
attack.n.05 noun the act of attacking attempt
attack.n.06 noun a decisive manner of beginning a musical tone or phrase tone-beginning
attack.n.07 noun a sudden occurrence of an uncontrollable condition n/a
attack.n.08 noun the onset of a corrosive or destructive process (as by a chemical agent) n/a
attack.n.09 noun strong criticism n/a
attack.v.01 verb launch an attack or assault on; begin hostilities or start warfare with assail
attack.v.02 verb attack in speech or writing round, assail, lash out, snipe, assault
attack.v.03 verb take the initiative and go on the offensive aggress
assail.v.01 verb attack someone physically or emotionally assail, assault, set on
attack.v.05 verb set to work upon; turn one's energies vigorously to a task n/a
attack.v.06 verb begin to injure n/a