Attack
Attack verb - To take sudden, violent action against.
Maintain
Maintain verb - To keep in good condition.
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
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The Killer Wail in Tower Control: There's literally no way to maintain control of the tower when the attack is launched; either you jump off to avoid the attack, or get splatted.
Source: That One Attack - It's mostly just used at low levels as a filler attack but some Brutes use it even into the mid-levels to help them generate/maintain Fury before they have an optimized attack chain.
Source: Emergency Weapon - Caroline talks Max and the rest of the diner gang to pretend to be her servants to maintain the ruse until she can break the news gently so her grandmother won't have a heart attack.
Source: Maintain the Lie
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