"shark attack" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: shark attacks [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} shark attack (plural shark attacks)
  1. An attack on a human by a shark. Translations (attack on a human by a shark): 鯊魚襲擊 (Chinese Mandarin), 鲨鱼袭击 (shāyú xíjī) (Chinese Mandarin), 鯊魚攻擊 (Chinese Mandarin), 鲨鱼攻击 (shāyú gōngjī) (Chinese Mandarin), hain hyökkäys (Finnish), サメの攻撃 (same-no kōgeki) (Japanese), нападе́ние аку́лы (napadénije akúly) (alt: "... акулы" - single shark, "...акул" - multiple sharks) [neuter] (Russian), ataque de tiburón [masculine] (Spanish), hajattack [common-gender] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-shark_attack-en-noun-~8BaO5rn Disambiguation of 'attack on a human by a shark': 98 2
  2. (US military, informal) Shouting and yelling by drill instructors at enlistees on their first day of training. Tags: US, informal Categories (topical): Military
    Sense id: en-shark_attack-en-noun-YsKjAquI Categories (other): American English, English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 1 99 Topics: government, military, politics, war

Inflected forms

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