Definition of atrac:
°An
attempt to cause
damage or
injury to, or to somehow
detract from the
worth or
credibility of, a person, position, idea, object, or thing, by
physical,
verbal,
emotional, or other
assault.
°To
aggressively challenge a person, idea, etc., with words (
particularly in newspaper headlines, because it typesets into less space than "criticize" or similar).