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attack dog

noun

Definitions

  1. Any dog bred, trained or used for the purpose of attacking a target, either on command or…

    Any dog bred, trained or used for the purpose of attacking a target, either on command or on sight; trained either as a specialized form of police dog or a security force dog.

  2. A dog used in the bloodsport of dogfighting.

  3. A person who engages in rhetorical attacks on behalf of another.

    • It was, however, as Charles Darwin's alter ego, an attack dog for the theory of evolution, that Huxley gained his greatest notoriety.
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    1. A person or other entity who fights physically on behalf of another.

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