suffer an attack of (some illness)

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suffer an attack of (some illness)

To be stricken by a sudden or acute onset of some kind of illness or its symptoms. I went to bed early last night after suffering a severe attack of indigestion. He suffered an asthma attack halfway through the hike.
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suffer an attack

 (of an illness)
1. Go to an attack (of an illness).
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Pakistan too continues to suffer attacks in Balochistan.
He said the cartels usually identify prime undeveloped land and present themselves as squatters who need the commission to settle them, thereby disinheriting the genuine owners of the parcels of land.This practice has previously been more pronounced at the Coast, where landowners regularly suffer attacks and lose their land in broad daylight.
Locals in Kafriya and al-Fouaa towns in Idleb countryside have been besieged by Jaish al-Fateh terrorists for over more than two years and suffer attacks with mortar and rocket shells.
But health experts warned last night that thousands of asthmatics who have been breathing in the smog could suffer attacks for weeks to come.
UNAMID soldiers continue to suffer attacks from unknown gunmen in Darfur, a western Sudan region were insurgent groups fight against the government army since ten years ago and where tribal violence forced over 300,000 civilians to flee their villages.
Stars who suffer attacks THE list of celebrity migraine sufferers reads like a who's who of the showbiz world - including the King himself, Elvis Presley.
About 4,000 British people suffer attacks with acute myocardial rupture where a hole appears in the inner wall dividing the right and the left heart chambers every year.
Despite Nigeria's vast gas reserves it has been unable to develop its gas industry anywhere near full potential because of a lack of funds and regulation, while foreign investors in the country suffer attacks on their energy facilities.
Many sheep 'worrying' cases go unreported, but anecdotal evidence suggests around 3% of flocks suffer attacks in any year.
Jai has suffered a severe lack of confidence throughout most of his young life due to his condition, which causes him to suffer attacks of twitching and involuntary movements.
BATTLEGROUND Nurses suffer attacks daily in Wales' hospitals
It's time that politicians acted throughout in unison, or are they content that never 'twain shall meet and not have a more robust agenda for all whom suffer attacks in our hospitals and also on health care visitors?
They are not an easy vegetable to grow, because they take up a lot of space and can suffer attacks from cabbage root fly, cabbage white butterflies and mealy cabbage aphid.