Attack and Afflict

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Attack

Attack verb - To take sudden, violent action against.
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Afflict and attack are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Afflict" instead a verb "Attack".
Nearby Words: attacked, attacker, attacking, attackable

Afflict

Afflict verb - To cause persistent suffering to.
Usage example: he's been afflicted by nightmares ever since the accident
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Attack and afflict are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Attack" instead a verb "Afflict".
Nearby Words: affliction, afflictive, afflicting

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Common collocations

humanity attack humanity afflict humanity
party attack party afflict party
area attack area afflict area
characters attack characters afflict characters
Other words: world, troops, side, target, anyone, town, everyone, victims, enemies.
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