Attack
How words are described
| good | good attack | good war |
| full | full attack | full war |
| original | original attack | original war |
| brutal | brutal attack | brutal war |
| Other adjectives: actual, real, big, vicious, personal, new, major, possible, deadly, next, impending, last, said, previous, nuclear, devastating. | ||
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
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Attack Its Weak PointVI, 30: "So, in war, the way is to avoid what is strong and strike at what is weak." Battle of Wits: The Handbook Big Book of War: Though it only becomes big when you add the commentaries to it.
Source: Literature / The Art of War -
A surprise attack on Turkish ships in the Battle of Sinop drew Britain and France into the war.
Source: Useful Notes / The Crimean War -
The attack on Mers-el-Kébir doesn't do much damage, but it sends a powerful message to the Axis and the Commonwealth that Britain will fight the war to the end, no matter what.
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War and Attack. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 21, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/attack/war
Attack & War. N.p., 2016. Web. 21 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/attack/war>.
War or Attack. 2016. Accessed July 21, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/attack/war.
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