The conference's failure to set limits came under fierce attack from environmentalists.

The women, especially, operate at optimum energy level and with fierce attack.

He tore straight into it with a series of fierce attacks.

It would not be easy to withdraw in the face of constant fierce attack.

Your stance must be long enough to dig in under a fierce attack.

Then a fierce attack opened up before his fortifications in the south.

He was about to answer, as if defending himself against a sudden, fierce attack.

But the country was rattled by the fierce attack, which killed 19 people and left more than 60 wounded.

Just six weeks ago the public option appeared to be dying, under fierce attack by the insurance industry.

His proposal comes at a time when the idea that birth order makes any difference in behavior is under fierce attack by social scientists.