The phrase "a wider attack on" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a broader or more extensive criticism or assault on a particular subject, issue, or group.
Example: "The article discusses a wider attack on civil liberties in recent legislation."
Alternatives: "a broader assault on" or "an extensive critique of".
The move was seen as part of a wider attack on opposition activity following the elections.
In her final response, May launched into a wider attack on Labour's economic plans.
The campaign is due to broaden into a wider attack on government spending cuts.
Now, the financial system faces the added risk of becoming collateral damage in a wider attack on critical national infrastructure.
For some, there is a fear that Syria's internal crackdown could be the prelude to a wider attack on dissent that could spill into Lebanon.
Mr McKinley sees the issue as part of a wider attack on coal production, which will "hurt the fabric of West Virginia: period".
He told us about his good relationship with Vladimir Putin and of the very real concern amongst Ukraine's leaders of a wider attack by Russia on Ukrainian territory.
Coburn's act of intellectual vandalism, and widespread commentary about the uselessness of "junk science" is potentially the beginning of a far wider attack on social science and therefore a good trigger to pause and reflect on why social science has such a hard job explaining itself.
This is part of a wider attack by this government on public services and the welfare state, which Labour must resist.
Americans doubted the reliability of Russia's results (some even believed they may have been deliberately misrepresented, as part of wider attack on the West's children).
A system-wide attack on heat-trapping emissions is a better option than telling individual power plants to cut emissions, as the EPA should focus on shifting the entire electric grid away from high-carbon sources, they said.
