Attempt and Incursion

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

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

Nearby Words: attempted, attempting

Incursion noun - A sudden attack on and entrance into hostile territory.

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Attempt and incursion are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Attempt" instead a noun "Incursion".

similar	similar attempt	similar incursion
fake	fake attempt	fake incursion
actual	actual attempt	actual incursion
successful	successful attempt	successful incursion
Other adjectives: serious, new, major, possible, final, further, next, last, latest, recent, previous.

The Nurglite incursion in Age Of Strife, which included no less than three Great Unclean Ones, almost drove Mirande to daemon summoning herself in her attempt to stop it.

Source: Godzilla Threshold
To them, though, humans are as deadly as they are to us; our world is a hellish maelstrom of deadly heat and light; and their "incursion" was a desperate attempt to contain the breach.

Source: Humans Are Cthulhu
In Street Fighter, the supreme military commander and dictator of a South East Asian nation launches a technologically advanced attack on a band of insurgent rebel fighters by remotely detonating a series of explosive charges in an attempt to stop the incursion.

Source: Sudden Video-Game Moment

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