Attack and Bloodshed

Attack

Attack noun - The act or action of setting upon with force or violence.

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Bloodshed and attack are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Bloodshed" instead a noun "Attack".

Bloodshed noun - The shedding of blood resulting in murder.

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Attack and bloodshed are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Attack" instead a noun "Bloodshed".

mass	mass attack	mass bloodshed
direct	direct attack	direct bloodshed
free	free attack	free bloodshed
heavy	heavy attack	heavy bloodshed
Other adjectives: actual, real, main, major, possible, lethal, extra, imminent.

In Fullmetal Alchemist, Kimblee masses the Drachman army to attack Amestris from the north, in order to cause enough bloodshed to complete Father's giant Transmutation Circle.

Source: Unwitting Pawn
First time around, they shift the whole thing "a relative five minutes into the future" so as to be able to avoid an attack without causing unneccessary bloodshed.

Source: Just One Second Out of Sync
After he finds out his partner was secretly allying with some Palam forces to take out the Palam empire, he tries to warn Jin Varrel of the attack in an attempt to avoid needless bloodshed.

Source: Anime / Blade & Soul

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