Attack and Rooting for

Attack

Attack verb - To take sudden, violent action against.

Rooting for is an antonym for attack.

Rooting for

Definitions of Attack not found.

Attack is an antonym for rooting for in support idea or cause publicly topic.

Both terms in one sentence

  • Web Video / RedLetterMedia Not technically rooting for the Empire, but Plinkett wonders how Obi-Wan automatically knows the Trade Federation attack on Naboo was unprovoked.
  • In Skyline, the aliens take a long time to attack, and by the time they do the audience may be actively rooting for them.
  • Film / RoboCop (1987) For example, in the opening, Casey Wong describes Clarence Boddicker's recent ambush and murder of three police officers in this way, and cheers on the sole surviving officer of the attack, saying how he's rooting for the officer to live.
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