Attacking and Contrary

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Attacking adjective - Disposed to attack.

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Contrary and attacking are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Contrary" instead an adjective "Attacking".

Nearby Words: attack, attacked, attacker, attackable

Contrary adjective - Being as different as possible.

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Attacking and contrary are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Attacking" instead an adjective "Contrary".

For example, when the astrologers predict that a force attacking the heroes will fail and reinforcements will be necessary, they won't just strengthen the first force - because they're afraid that acting contrary to the stars' predictions will curse them.

Source: You Can't Fight Fate
Gameplay and Story Segregation: RED team seems to be attacking in this video (they jump out from the corridor-type entryways to the points, attacking point A) and BLU is defending (Level 3 sentries near the point are common on defense), contrary to the actual game where RED defends and BLU attacks.

Source: Machinima / Team Fortress 2
Gameplay and Story Segregation: Some of the effects of moves run contrary to what would happen in the game, such as Sand-Attack making Vital Throw (which has no accuracy rating, so it ignores accuracy and evasion checks when attacking) miss.

Source: Webcomic / Pokémon-X

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