"failed to attack" is a correct and usable phrase in written English.
It is typically used to describe when someone or something did not succeed in attacking or making an attempt to harm someone or something. Example: The army failed to attack the enemy stronghold, leading to their defeat in the war.
Why did the Sun repeatedly attack the Brown government for failing to hold a referendum over Europe but failed to attack the Cameron government on the same point?
Consumed by peripheral issues, the opposition has largely failed to attack the government's weak points.
With Riley in foul trouble in Game 2, the Liberty failed to attack the zone.
He has been alternately tentative and overeager with his jump shot and has failed to attack the basket consistently.
The English held Beaufort during the U.S. War of Independence and sent gunboats to the region during the War of 1812 but failed to attack.
Mr. Grassley not only failed to attack Mr. Yoo or Mr. Bybee, he also supported the policies the memos were cooked up to justify.
They are feeble, and fail to attack the problem at its root.The outlook is bad.
The House bill, on the other hand, fails to attack high costs and spotty quality.
If American boys were dying, he asked, how could the government in good conscience fail to attack the enemy's home base or use every weapon at its disposal?
Although self-reactive TH1 cells are present, we hypothesize that E2's suppression of MHC II prevents them from becoming activated, and therefore while sufficient E2 is present they fail to attack tissues.
In this paper, we only considered the simplest attack pattern where click events were successively generated within a fixed time interval and finally failed to successfully attack two ad networks.
