Attempt and Slash

Attempt

Attempt verb - To make an effort to do.

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

Nearby Words: attempted, attempting

Slash verb - To penetrate with a sharp edge (as a knife).

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Attempt and slash are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Attempt" instead a verb "Slash".

Nearby Words: slashed, slashing

good	good attempt	good slash
elaborate	elaborate attempt	elaborate slash
initial	initial attempt	initial slash
single	single attempt	single slash
Other adjectives: actual, real, big, bad, possible, final, last.

The same author also abandoned an attempt at slash-fic in which he tried to write the sex more explicitly.

Source: Schoolgirl Lesbians
At the beginning of the first Safehold novel, an attempt is made to kill Prince Cayleb by encouraging him to hunt a man-killing slash lizard.

Source: Hunting "Accident"
The rest of the game consists of the Maverick Hunters starting a civil war slash killing spree in an attempt to figure out who's responsible.

Source: Colony Drop

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Slash and Attempt. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 22, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/attempt/slash

Attempt & Slash. N.p., 2016. Web. 22 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/attempt/slash>.

Slash or Attempt. 2016. Accessed July 22, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/attempt/slash.

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