The phrase "abhorrent attack" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe an attack that is extremely offensive or repugnant, often in a moral or ethical context.
Example: "The community condemned the abhorrent attack on innocent civilians, calling for justice and accountability."
Alternatives: "outrageous assault" or "repugnant act".
That the assailants probably had help from elements connected to Pakistan's army or spy network made the assault all the worse.Mr Kasab, who was 21 in November 2008, presumably expected to be killed during the abhorrent attack.
Terrorism perpetrated in the name of religion elsewhere in Europe, not least the abhorrent attack on the French satirical publication Charlie Hebdo, and the rise of Isis in the Middle East, have no doubt also contributed to this shift in attitudes.
This utterly contradicts the initial attempts of the US government to minimize the attack as 'collateral damage.' There can be no justification for this abhorrent attack on our hospital that resulted in the deaths of MSF staff as they worked and patients as they lay in their beds".
"We will not tolerate such cowardly and abhorrent attacks," German Justice Minister Heiko Maas said on Tuesday.
"There must be a universal condemnation of the LRA's abhorrent attacks and abductions as flagrant violations of international human rights and humanitarian laws, as well as the children's very right to life.
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Earlier this month, we saw nasty racist violence, when a gang of youths threatened Jewish schoolchildren on a bus Sydney, in an abhorrent anti-Semitic attack.
US Secretary of State John Kerry called the attack "abhorrent" and said it underlined the importance of the tribunal in The Hague looking into Rafik Hariri's assassination.
The 55-year-old said Moscow was behind "the abhorrent nerve agent attack" on former double agent Sergei Skripal and his daughter in the U.K. last week, adding there should be "serious political and economic consequences".
Apparently, the way to nail a rightwing commentator with abhorrent views is to attack her from further on the right.
"This attack is abhorrent and a grave violation of international humanitarian law," said Meinie Nicolai, MSF's president.
