Attempt and Cause

Attempt

Attempt noun - An effort to do or accomplish something.

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Cause and attempt are semantically related In some cases you can use "Cause" instead a noun "Attempt".

Nearby Words: attempted, attempting

Cause noun - Someone or something responsible for a result.

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Attempt and cause are semantically related in belief topic. Sometimes you can use "Attempt" instead a noun "Cause".

Nearby Words: caused, causation, causeless, causative, causal

human	human attempt	human cause
good	good attempt	good cause
clear	clear attempt	clear cause
direct	direct attempt	direct cause
Other adjectives: original, initial, single, obvious, actual, entire, real, big, serious, little, bad, new, major, heroic, possible, apparent.

attack	attempt attack	cause attack
people	attempt people	cause people
kind	attempt kind	cause kind
time	attempt time	cause time
Other words: game, nothing, war, attacks, events.

Bierko's original plan was to assassinate the Russian president in the name of their separatist cause and attempt to blackmail President Logan into not opposing them.

Source: Motive Decay / Live-Action TV
While Yhwach can see all possible futures and alter them, it would seem that Aizen's illusions cause him to see and attempt to alter illusory futures instead of real ones.

Source: Master of Illusion
Subverted in Tricky Business in that there was no attempt to cause drama, when the heroine picks up her kid at daycare, is insulted by a particularly stupid soccer mom, and storms out.

Source: Failed Attempt at Drama

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