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The phrase "apt to attack the" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when describing someone or something that is likely or inclined to engage in an aggressive or confrontational action.
Example: "The dog was known to be apt to attack the mailman whenever he approached the house."
Alternatives: "prone to confront" or "likely to assault".
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If your home security guard was overworked and had a high stress load, he may be more apt to attack the wrong things.
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But the Republicans were more apt to attack Democrats than one another — in particular Senator Barack Obama of Illinois, for saying that he would be willing to negotiate with leaders of hostile nations without any preconditions and that he would dispatch troops to Pakistan to search for terrorist camps if the Pakistani president, Gen. Pervez Musharraf, failed to take action.
Current and former Fed officials have watched the criticism closely, aware that Trump is apt to attack someone he doesn't like and then move on to something else.
They are also more apt to attack an opponent immediately rather than wait.
They are apt to attack humans only when disturbed, but then they can be quite vicious.
However, due to the geographic dispersion of fog-devices, they are apt to be attacked by side channel attacks.
And there's ample research to show that when people are exposed to these kinds of attacks, even in the context of a debunking, they're more apt to remember the charge than the refutation.
Would non-professionals be apt to misinterpret the numbers?
Gallagher is uniquely apt to pen the book.
This might seem apt to the point of pat.
"He ain't no more apt to have a heart attack than a younger man," the safety officer replied, Mr. Burnette recalled.
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