Attack and Devastation

Attack

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

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

Devastation noun - The state or fact of being rendered nonexistent, physically unsound, or useless.

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Attack and devastation are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Attack" instead a noun "Devastation".

mass	mass attack	mass devastation
instant	instant attack	instant devastation
real	real attack	real devastation
major	major attack	major devastation
Other adjectives: final, double, magical, nuclear.

A lot of the miniseries for Battlestar Galactica and the mirror version The Plan showed the devastation of the Cylon attack, and the emotional devastation it wrought.

Source: Watching Troy Burn
Haley's first order after seeing the devastation of Pearl Harbor was "Attack, Attack, Attack."

Source: Attack! Attack! Attack!
However, it's all a ruse to get Treebeard to see the devastation that Saruman wreaked upon the forest, which drives the Ents to attack Isengard.

Source: Film / The Lord of the Rings

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