Attack and Dispute

Attack

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

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Dispute and attack are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Dispute" instead the word "Attack" as a verb or a noun.

Dispute noun - An often noisy or angry expression of differing opinions.

Usage example: after much dispute, the school committee decided that all backpacks would have to be stored in lockers during class hours

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Attack and dispute are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Attack" instead the word "Dispute" as a verb or a noun.

best	best attack	best dispute
similar	similar attack	similar dispute
certain	certain attack	certain dispute
original	original attack	original dispute
Other adjectives: single, nasty, strong, big, personal, major, final, last, magical.

position	attack position	dispute position
point	attack point	dispute point

Talk the two sides down, and the Tal Shiar agents whose covert manipulation started the dispute warp in and attack you.

Source: Video Game / Star Trek Online
The self-propelled Birch Gun (capable of keeping pace with a tank attack and providing immediate heavy support fire) was way ahead of its time for the late 1920's, but was shelved when the dispute over whether it was a tank or an artillery piece could not be resolved.

Source: Interservice Rivalry
In The Phantom Menace, he directs the Trade Federation to invade Naboo over a trivial dispute, and in Attack of the Clones he deploys the clone army secretly created by his apprentice Count Dooku to Geonosis, sparking the Clone Wars.

Source: Pretext for War

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