Attacked
Challenged and attacked are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Challenged" instead a verb "Attacked".
Challenged
Challenged adjective - Deprived of the power to perform one or more natural bodily activities.
Attacked and challenged are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Attacked" instead a verb "Challenged".
Mutual synonyms
Both words in one sentence
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He's interesting in that while he'll certainly fight a female warrior in battle if challenged or attacked first and won't hold anything back, he really disapproves of just attacking innocent women for the hell of it.
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Heel Realization: Accelerator, the most powerful Esper in Academy City, is constantly challenged and attacked by Espers wishing to prove themselves.
- A Golden Age story called The cop who hated the Batman deconstructed The Determinator: Batman is attacked and challenged to a fight by a cop who mistakenly thinks that Batman killed his dad, that incident happened five years before Batman built his reputation with the cops.
Source: Deconstructed Trope
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