Attack and Denounce

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Attack

Attack verb - To take sudden, violent action against.

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Denounce is a synonym for attack in speech topic. In some cases you can use "Denounce" instead a verb "Attack", when it comes to topics like censure, criticise.

Nearby Words: attacked, attacker, attacking, attackable

Denounce

Denounce verb - To declare to be morally wrong or evil.

Usage example: the church council denounced the bishop's teachings, officially declaring them to be heresy

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Attack is a synonym for denounce in condemn topic. Sometimes you can use "Attack" instead a verb "Denounce", if it concerns topics such as action, censure, criticise.

Nearby Words: denouncing, denouncement

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humanity	attack humanity	denounce humanity
character	attack character	denounce character
anyone	attack anyone	denounce anyone
everyone	attack everyone	denounce everyone

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The original story of The Scarlet Pimpernel has Marguarite denounce the Marquis, accidentally sending him and his family to their deaths in revenge for his attack on her brother; the 1982 film adaption has her innocent of this action, framed by Chauvelin instead (for whom this trope is inverted).

Source: Adaptational Heroism
Rosales gave him a warning shot, stopped him with his thugs, and took him to the police, to denounce the attack.

Source: Series / María la del Barrio

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