Attack and Shun

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Attack

Attack verb - To start work on energetically.
Usage example: Courtney attacked the huge mess in her room with determination and enthusiasm
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Antonyms for Attack
Shun is an antonym for attack.
Nearby Words: attacked, attacker, attacking, attackable

Shun

Shun verb - To get or keep away from (as a responsibility) through cleverness or trickery.
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Synonyms for Shun
Antonyms for Shun
Attack is an antonym for shun.
Nearby Word: shunned
Similar words of attack

Similar words of shun

Common collocations

humanity attack humanity shun humanity
woman attack woman shun woman
family attack family shun family
house attack house shun house
Other words: humans, friends.

Both words in one sentence

  • Disney / The Lion King 1½ Uncle Max and the colony shun Timon for not alerting them to the approaching hyenas, Max in particular for barely surviving the attack.
    Source: Disney / The Lion King 1½
  • Staircase Tumble Shun Kurosaki and Sora Shiun'in's rematch ends when Sora's final attack depletes Kurosaki's life points to zero and knocks him down a temple's stone steps.
    Source: Staircase Tumble
  • Larabee pays a heavy price in the end, as his family leaves him and the other townsfolk shun him; it is implied that Larabee dies shortly thereafter of a heart attack.
    Source: Ungrateful Bastard
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