Attack
Attack verb - To take sudden, violent action against.
Decrease
Decrease verb - To make smaller in amount, volume, or extent.
How words are described
| normal | normal attack | normal decrease |
| actual | actual attack | actual decrease |
| major | major attack | major decrease |
| sudden | sudden attack | sudden decrease |
| Other adjectives: strongest, doesn't. | ||
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
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He doesn't attack or decrease your score if he escapes, but he drops cash with every hit.
Source: Video Game / Orcs Must Die! -
The exceptions are Dragon Gundam, since it has a variant of "Mirror Image" and an attack that decrease the target's attack, and Bolt Gundam, which is more of a Mighty Glacier.
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To go into more details, forests provide cover from ranged attack, hills improve counter-attack and increase skirmishers' range, swamps decrease defence.
Source: Video Game / Eador
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