Attack
Attack verb - To take sudden, violent action against.
Both words in one sentence
- One is that Johnny Weissmuller was advised to keep a sock full of quarters handy when dealing with the chimp, just in case it tried to attack him.
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Rincewind is desparate enough to attack Coin's staff with...a half-brick in a sock.
Source: Discworld / Sourcery -
The Tyrannosaurus rex in the "Origins" episode, while trying to attack the Chameleon, gets quite the sock when Gene activates the defense system, highlighting its whole skeleton.
Source: Western Animation / Super 4
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Sock and Attack. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 21, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/attack/sock
Attack & Sock. N.p., 2016. Web. 21 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/attack/sock>.
Sock or Attack. 2016. Accessed July 21, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/attack/sock.
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