Attempt
Attempt noun - The act or action of setting upon with force or violence.
Usage example: several attempts on the life of the country's chief drug enforcement official
Nearby Words: attempted, attempting
Guard
Guard noun - A person or group that watches over someone or something.
How words are described
| human | human attempt | human guard |
| good | good attempt | good guard |
| original | original attempt | original guard |
| fake | fake attempt | fake guard |
| Other adjectives: single, poor, actual, entire, real, big, new, final, next, last, previous. | ||
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
- A jail guard gives one to Bad Bob and his cousin after Bad Bob fiercely rebuffs an attempt to witness to him, albeit by a young man the guard doesn't fully agree with.
- However, they will attempt to flee to the nearest guard teleporter and escape when alerted, and will summon an enforcer when scanned.
Source: Video Game / Invisible, Inc. -
The rematch against Fedor Emelianenko was basically Fedor pounding Kohsaka away from his guard while the latter tried some leglocks in an attempt to stop the pounding.
Source: Wrestling / Tsuyoshi Kohsaka
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Guard and Attempt. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 18, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/attempt/guard
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