Attempt
How words are described
| human | human attempt | human war |
| good | good attempt | good war |
| long | long attempt | long war |
| brief | brief attempt | brief war |
| Other adjectives: original, actual, entire, real, big, little, disastrous, new, early, major, possible, next, subsequent, last, recent, previous. | ||
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
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We first see him trying to instigate a war and attempt to skewer a 12-year-old girl for a percieved slight.
Source: Cry for the Devil -
Ultimately deconstructed by Integra; according to her, war is only glorious to creatures who can't stand life, and the Major's love of war ultimately amounts to a sixty year long suicide attempt.
Source: War Is Glorious -
Big Bad: Dressler is the one that ultimately arranged for the Baltimore attack and for US and Russian forces to go to war against one another, in an attempt to trigger World War III.
Source: Film / The Sum of All Fears
Cite this Source
War and Attempt. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 21, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/attempt/war
Attempt & War. N.p., 2016. Web. 21 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/attempt/war>.
War or Attempt. 2016. Accessed July 21, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/attempt/war.
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