Attack and Offence

Attack

Attack noun - The act of attacking.

Usage example: attacks on women increased last year

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

Offence noun - A lack of politeness; a failure to show regard for others; wounding the feelings or others.

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Attack and offence are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Attack" instead a noun "Offence".

Nearby Words: offensive, offend, offender, offensively

good	good attack	good offence
high	high attack	high offence
physical	physical attack	physical offence
regular	regular attack	regular offence
Other adjectives: original, strong, actual, big, main, decent, personal, new, major, extra, aerial, magical, incoming.

This is especially true if the boss itself has no form of attack, and its flunkies are its only form of offence.

Source: Flunky Boss
Ranged units are Glass Cannons that, although able to attack without hurting themselves, will suffer against melee; the Gatling Gun and later units are equally strong in defence as in offence but can only attack adjacent targets.

Source: Video Game / Civilization
Offence get perks like bonuses against certain units and bonus strength for unused movement points - so if your unit is parked right next to the enemy when they attack, they'll wallop it.

Source: A Commander Is You

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