impetus.
attack, assault, charge; attempt; impetus, vigor; violent mental urge, fury;
Meaning & usage
an attack, an assault, a charge
a rapid motion
impulse, vehemence, ardor, passion
a making for
Where this word comes from
Perhaps from earlier *impetītus, which underwent haplology; from impetō (“to rush upon, attack”) + -tus.
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