The phrase "abrasive attack" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a forceful or harsh criticism or assault, often in a metaphorical sense.
Example: "The journalist's article was an abrasive attack on the politician's integrity, leaving no room for defense."
Alternatives: "harsh criticism" or "scathing assault".
His trademark is abrasive attacks on "liberals"—usually Democrats, but sometimes on his own side.
She has said she "welcomes" his challenge, and has largely refrained from abrasive attacks on him, sticking to polite questions about his record.
There is little reason to worry that Trump's abrasive attacks will backfire, Manafort insisted.
There was a lot of talk about how Trump's abrasive rhetoric, attack on health care, and aggressive immigration enforcement might drive away this group, and it certainly has.
Evidently in thrall to Meshuggah, just as their contemporaries invariably are, this band may not be reinventing the wheel here, but Entropy's refined but rugged sonic textures and abrasive, futuristic attack certainly sound like the beginning of something new and exciting.
However, the combustion process in waste incinerators results in a fast degradation of the steam-carrying superheater steel tubes by corrosive attack and abrasive wear.
But if Jenkins could subvert his instrument's traditional elegance with a rough, percussive bowing attack and an abrasive tone, his improvisations invariably had the balance and shape of a composer, which he also was.
His tone was dry but full, not at all abrasive, with a clear and focused attack.
Through the highly abrasive Center for Union Facts, he runs newspaper ads attacking the labor movement and asserting that union leaders -- in general -- embezzle their members' dues money.
On one hand, hydroabrasive attack results from fluids containing abrasives such as sand.
Had Mrs. Clinton been the candidate, she would no doubt have faced more attacks for being too mannishly abrasive or, conversely, too emotional to play the manly role.
