Attack
Attack noun - The act or action of setting upon with force or violence.
Protections is an antonym for attack.
Protections
Both words in one sentence
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Chaac's skill "Torrent" has him spin with his axe to attack enemies and gives him protections based on how many enemies he hit.
Source: Spin Attack -
Avernum 6 has a set of mutually exclusive buffs for each priest (mutually exclusive protections) and mage (mutually exclusive attack buffs) classes of spells.
Source: Mutually Exclusive Powerups -
Hard Levels, Easy Bosses: If you play as Sonic, you don't have Tails's flight to trivialize all the platforming, but the Insta-Shield gives you a huge attack range, and gives you the ability to bypass protections that certain bosses possess.
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