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
Rush and attempt are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Rush" instead a noun "Attempt".
Nearby Words: attempted, attempting
Rush
Rush noun - The act or action of setting upon with force or violence.
Usage example: the regiment recaptured the hill with a single rush
How words are described
| brief | brief attempt | brief rush |
| direct | direct attempt | direct rush |
| complete | complete attempt | complete rush |
| original | original attempt | original rush |
| Other adjectives: initial, single, entire, real, big, serious, new, early, major, final, desperate, subsequent, last. | ||
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
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And sometimes if they don't, then things get turned into a Timed Mission anyway as you attempt to rush to your objective before night falls and the monsters all rocket in power- including the bosses.
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Finally, she'll attempt to finish Samus off with one final Laser Brain Attack - at which point the infant "Super Metroid" will rush in and save Samus's life.
Source: HP to 1 -
Jean and Connie attempt a verbal one on Reiner and Bertolt in Attack on Titan, though how successful it ultimately might have been remains unknown because Erwin interrupts with a suicidal Zerg Rush.
Source: Interrupted Cooldown Hug
Cite this Source
Rush and Attempt. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 21, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/attempt/rush
Attempt & Rush. N.p., 2016. Web. 21 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/attempt/rush>.
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