Attack
Attack noun - The act or action of setting upon with force or violence.
Self-defense is an antonym for attack.
Self-defense
Self-defense noun - The act of defending yourself.
Both words in one sentence
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It'll only attack in self-defense once you attack it first, and it's death animation is rather disturbing to watch.
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What actually happened was that Bix punched his abusive father in self-defense, and the lout died of an alcohol-induced heart attack.
Source: Film / The Girl in Lovers' Lane - In one, he possesses a priestess and has her attack the heroine Kagome, trying to force Kagome to choose between allowing herself to be killed or killing the priestess in self-defense.
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