Attack
Attack noun - The act or action of setting upon with force or violence.
Screen
Screen noun - Means or method of defending.
Usage example: the target will be difficult to reach as it is behind a screen of anti-aircraft batteries
How words are described
| full | full attack | full screen |
| special | special attack | special screen |
| similar | similar attack | similar screen |
| normal | normal attack | normal screen |
| Other adjectives: regular, standard, original, initial, single, actual, real, big, main, new, final, extra, random, next, last, different, said, failed, previous. | ||
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
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Zero-Effort Boss: Ironically applies to the Recurring Boss in Boss, where you can just go to the left and shoot constantly because he never goes beyond the right-hand side of the screen or attack.
Source: Video Game / Action 52 -
Zero has an attack where he lets loose an energy wave that takes up the whole screen and does 300 damage, a possible reference to the original Zero's Sword Beam attack mentioned above.
Source: That One Attack -
Arcana Heart 3's Final Boss Ragnarok has an attack that fills most of the screen with unblockable pink lasers.
Source: That One Attack
Cite this Source
Screen and Attack. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 21, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/attack/screen
Attack & Screen. N.p., 2016. Web. 21 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/attack/screen>.
Screen or Attack. 2016. Accessed July 21, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/attack/screen.
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