Special attack may refer to:

  • Suicide attack, a deliberate attack in which the perpetrators knowingly sacrifice their own lives as part of the attack
    • Japanese Special Attack Units, specialized units of the Imperial Japanese Navy and Imperial Japanese Army normally used for suicide missions
      • Kamikaze, a part of the Japanese Special Attack Units of military aviators who flew suicide attacks for the Empire of Japan against Allied naval vessels
    • Sonderkommando Elbe, a World War II Luftwaffe task force assigned to bring down heavy bombers by ramming them in mid-air
  • Special attack (video games), a feature of fighting games
  • Special attack (Pokémon), a stat and move in the Pokémon video game series

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