Attack
Attack verb - To take sudden, violent action against.
Justify
Justify verb - To be an acceptable reason for.
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
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The Bill used damage caused by a car bomb to justify one remodelling of the Sun Hill set, and damage from an arson attack to justify a second.
Source: Trash the Set -
The AI has some oddities it won't even justify, like passing up a chance to attack your back at a height advantage to attack your side at a disadvantage.
Source: Video Game / Gladius - There is some speculation that the attack on Buenos Aires was done by the humans themselves, in order to justify the war.
Source: Interstellar Weapon
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