Attempt and Scuffle

Attempt

Attempt verb - To make an effort to do.

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

Nearby Words: attempted, attempting

Scuffle verb - To move heavily or clumsily.

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Attempt and scuffle are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Attempt" instead a verb "Scuffle".

Nearby Words: scuffled, scuffling

good	good attempt	good scuffle
brief	brief attempt	brief scuffle
little	little attempt	little scuffle
major	major attempt	major scuffle
Other adjectives: apparent, last, previous.

The bad news is that they all died in the scuffle in taking over the plane and the DEA Agent's attempt to retake it, making them three men short.

Source: Good News, Bad News
In the middle of the scuffle, she falls off a cliff and dies impaled by a tree... after drinking the zombification potion the night before, in an attempt to poison herself out of despair.An anime adaptation was greenlit, and aired as part of the Spring 2012 Anime season (licensed by Funimation).

Source: Manga / Sankarea

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