Attack
Attack verb - To take sudden, violent action against.
Tug
Tug verb - To devote serious and sustained effort.
Usage example: she's tugged all her life to get to where she is now in the business world
How words are described
Both words in one sentence
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Instead, she spent the entire rest of the fight playing tug of war with her water powers and his ice powers, evidently attempting to set up some sort of super attack.
Source: Complexity Addiction -
In the GBA, Rave Master Special Attack Force, all fights are on a timer and can likely drag due to the tug of war style lifebar system.
Source: Stalked by the Bell -
When the Dark Precure showed up and the girls haul it out, not only does she reveal that she can do it, too, she can do it solo, can counter the girls' and during their Beam Tug Of War, she brings out a new attack to put them on their backsides.
Source: The Worf Barrage
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