Attack and Dissent

Attack

Attack verb - To take sudden, violent action against.

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

Dissent

Dissent verb - To have a different opinion.

Attack and dissent are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Attack" instead a verb "Dissent".

Mutual synonyms

How words are described

mass mass attack mass dissent
effective effective attack effective dissent
major major attack major dissent
possible possible attack possible dissent

Both words in one sentence

  • Literature / The Initiate Brother Katta plans to launch an attack on Lord Shonto which will be blamed on the Emperor, creating dissent among other noble houses which Katta might then exploit.
  • He instantly ends the first attack on his country by pulling a machine gun from Hammerspace, is revealed to have a sword that enables him to teleport, and when Molossia ends up conquered he uses Obfuscating Stupidity to sow dissent among the new government.
  • Disproportionate Retribution: As seen in the pilot, the authoritarian government back home is so paranoid about any dissent, that Adair's expedition to G889 is threatened with a government-sponsored bomb attack on the eve of its departure.
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