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Definition of Attack dog
1. Noun. A watchdog trained to attack on command.
Definition of Attack dog
1. Noun. Any dog bred; trained or used for the purpose of attacking a target, either on command or on sight; trained either as a specialized form of police dog or a security force dog. ¹
2. Noun. A dog used in dogfighting; a bloodsport. ¹
3. Noun. A person who engages in rhetorical attacks on behalf of another. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Attack Dog
Literary usage of Attack dog
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Technology Against Terrorism: Structuring Security (1994)
"Despite the necessity of signing mountains of paperwork acknowledging the risks
of assuming ownership of a trained attack dog, most handlers choose to ..."
2. A Sailor's Life Under Four Sovereigns by Henry Keppel (1899)
"Getting used to narrow escapes ; had two on Left Attack. Dog killed on Right
Attack in afternoon. Redan much cut up, also Malakoff. ..."
3. The Kurds of Turkey: killings, disappearances and torture by Lois Whitman, Helsinki Watch (Organization : U.S.) (1993)
"... sometimes cold (four); being dragged by the hair or having hair pulled out (two);
being placed in a cell with an attack dog and bitten (one); ..."
4. The Wild-fowler: A Treatise on Ancient and Modern Wild-fowling, Historical by Henry Coleman Folkard (1864)
"A winged heron requires careful handling: it is a savage bird, and will attack
dog or man, striking very fiercely and sharply with its strong pointed bill. ..."
5. Creation, the Sacred Universe: The Incubation of the Phoenix by Gyeorgos Ceres Hatonn (1994)
"The US certainly is not going to abandon the Israeli attack dog. But they are
using “opposition to Iraqi aggression” as a rallying call to forge a new ..."
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