The phrase "a pointed attack on" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a direct and critical criticism or assault on a person, idea, or issue.
Example: "The article was a pointed attack on the government's handling of the crisis."
Alternatives: "a sharp criticism of" or "a direct assault on".
The summary of Warren's bill opens with a pointed attack on self-dealing among elected officials.
While making a pointed attack on art critics, Coren admitted they had a difficult job.
He highlighted his positive campaign before making a pointed attack on Goldsmith.
Don't wait to be bumped off – quit the cabinet and use your resignation speech to make a pointed attack on the prime minister.
He also mounted a pointed attack on Mr. McConnell, who until this year was chairman of the Senate Republican election effort.
In a pointed attack on Michael Gove and Boris Johnson, key figures in the Vote Leave campaign, he said the NHS would not be safe in their hands if Britain voted to leave.
"I would be hard-pressed to identify a recent FCC action with a more pointed attack on the economically disadvantaged, than this one".
But they campaigned vigorously all the same, and Mr. Clinton himself unleashed a lengthy, pointed attack on Mr. Sanders at an appearance on Sunday evening.
While the first game has a villainous cult, Silent Hill 3 appears to be a more pointed attack on religion itself.
Warren kept going, articulating a very pointed attack on the head of the company.
This was a particularly pointed attack on Xi's own roseate notion of the "Chinese dream" – which the president has relied upon to inspire his people forward on what he calls "the road to rejuvenation", and to galvanise their nationalism against the various "hostile foreign forces" (jingwai didui shili) that he regards as a threat to China's continuing rise.
