Attack and Confront

Attack

Attack verb - To take sudden, violent action against.

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Confront and attack are semantically related in attend to topic. In some cases you can use "Confront" instead a verb "Attack".

Confront verb - To oppose (something hostile or dangerous) with firmness or courage.

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Attack and confront are semantically related in challenge topic. Sometimes you can use "Attack" instead a verb "Confront".

person	attack person	confront person
friend	attack friend	confront friend
party	attack party	confront party
guy	attack guy	confront guy
Other words: group, family, time, way, characters, head, monster, boss, player, enemy, times, forces, friends, enemies, heroes.

Subverted in that many versions of the myths state that Hera wasn't jealous; she just HATED Zeus (he did, after all, trick her into marrying him) and only went after his love interests because she was too pragmatic to directly attack/confront the king of the gods.

Source: Clingy Jealous Girl
He was still pinned under the tree, and when scavengers come to eat him, Patchi lets them attack, believing he was foolish to win Juniper back and confront Scowler.

Source: Driven To Suicide / Film
When he pieces together that the person behind the attack is going to be waiting for him at an upcoming business meeting, instead of heeding Finch's suggestion that he have Team Machine come with him, he smashes a vase over Finch's head and takes a gun to confront him.

Source: Hate Sink

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