Attack
Attack verb - To take sudden, violent action against.
Root for
Root for verb - Take sides with; align oneself with; show strong sympathy for.
Both terms in one sentence
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Joke Character: Salsa is sort of a Deconstruction: He has terrible attack power, unimpressive stats, and only a few decent special abilities, but he goes through so much abuse at the hands of Fassad you can't not root for the poor guy.
Source: Video Game / MOTHER 3
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Root for and Attack. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 13, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/attack/root_for
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