The phrase "a direct attack of" is not correct in standard English usage.
It is typically used incorrectly; the correct form would be "a direct attack on."
Example: "The report highlighted a direct attack on the company's reputation."
Alternatives: "a direct assault on" or "a straightforward attack on."
In November Starbucks launched its first national television-advertising campaign in an effort to win them back.Adding to Starbucks' woes, and further emphasising its similarity with McDonald's, the burger chain is about to launch a direct attack of its own.
According to InciWeb.org, hot shot crews were attempting a direct attack of the raging spot fire, but due to the intensity and rapid spread both the hot shot crews and engines involved in structure protection in Glacier View had to pull back for safety reasons.
The second mechanism involves a direct attack of the NiI on the S of methyl-SCoM, resulting in a homolytic cleavage of the thioether bond and formation of a NiII−thiolate species and a CH3 radical.
Recent studies suggest that cell type-specific internalizing antibodies delivery of therapeutic genes is potentially a powerful strategy, given that a direct attack of the infected cells results in the blockade of in vivo viral propagation and even the elimination of the virus.
The potential use of animals as "sentinels" of a human bioterrorism attack can be differentiated from the possibility of a direct attack on animals of agricultural importance (agroterrorism) and is the subject of this review.
General secretary of the Nasuwt teaching union Chris Keates said: "The abolition of the EMA is a direct attack on the futures of thousands of young people across the country.
They amount to a direct attack on freedom of speech which is an inalienable human right and a necessary corollary of democracy.
While it is true that news media operations have become one more arrow in the quiver of modern warfare, a direct attack on information gatherers of any stripe is deeply troubling.
Unfortunately, this flood of startups and new ventures has also unleashed a direct attack on the integrity of journalism, namely its function as an objective source of news.
To let French studies go the way of classics – a museum piece for specialists – would not only be an act of cultural vandalism, but also a direct attack on the premise of social mobility in Britain.
Nor could the war be won without a direct attack on the institution of slavery, which was the basis of the South's political cohesion and economic strength.
