Attempt and Sortie

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

Nearby Words: attempted, attempting

Sortie noun - A short trip for pleasure.

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Attempt and sortie are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Attempt" instead a noun "Sortie".

brief	brief attempt	brief sortie
single	single attempt	single sortie
real	real attempt	real sortie
futile	futile attempt	futile sortie
Other adjectives: final, desperate, doomed, next, last, recent.

This is a rather desperate attempt to save a hopeless situation, and it fails miserably, every man in the sortie getting killed.

Source: Of Corpse He's Alive

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Sortie and Attempt. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 01, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/attempt/sortie

Attempt & Sortie. N.p., 2016. Web. 01 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/attempt/sortie>.

Sortie or Attempt. 2016. Accessed August 01, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/attempt/sortie.

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